Band Name: Heresy
Music Album: 1985 - '87
Album Release Date: November 2024
Music Genre: Rock Hardcore Grindcore
Record Label: Boss Tuneage
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 19 Tracks CD
Hailing from a tiny village outside Stoke-on-Trent, UK - Plasmid - as they were originally called - started as a three piece politically-themed fast hardcore punk formed by Reevsy (guitar/vocals) and his 15 year old cousin Steve, on drums.
After one Plasmid demo, they joined up with newly recruited bassist Kalv from Nottingham, playing some local shows under their newly chosen, more "metallic" moniker, Heresy. Many of the early shows were booked by local HC promoter, and later Earache founder, Dig. Influenced by Discharge and the fastest US HC bands like MDC (2), Dirty Rotten Imbeciles and especially Siege (2), Heresy were lucky to have the formidable talents of Steve on drums, though young, he put himself through a punishing daily rehearsal schedule, such that he was arguably the fastest drummer in the world when they entered the local Nottingham no-budget Pavilion Studios just before Xmas 1985 to record the "Never Healed" flexi.
With Reevsy on guitar and vocal duties,and Kalv on bass, the band laid down 6 tracks in barely a day. The flexi was released by Kalv and Dig's DIY jointly funded label (the name "Earache" (...)
| 1 | Never Healed | 2:05 |
| 2 | Deprived | 0:57 |
| 3 | Mentally Conned | 3:03 |
| 4 | Blinded By Power | 2:05 |
| 5 | Heresy (Instrumental) | 0:59 |
| 6 | Cries Of Want | 1:48 |
| 7 | Intro... / Disfigured World | 2:36 |
| 8 | Never Healed | 2:05 |
| 9 | Despair | 1:15 |
| 10 | Deathbiter | 3:10 |
| 11 | Anguish Of War | 0:58 |
| 12 | More Blood Is Shed | 4:47 |
| 13 | Dead | 0:57 |
| 14 | Visions In Fear | 0:34 |
| 15 | Path To Decadence | 1:45 |
| 16 | Make The Connection | 1:06 |
| 17 | Trapped In A Scene | 1:44 |
| 18 | Network Of Friends | 0:52 |
| 19 | Acceptance | 3:21 |
Songs 1 to 7: First studio "demo" recording. Recorded on 15/9/1985 at Pavilion Studio, Nottingham. Previously unreleased.
Songs 8 to 13: Recorded on December '85 at Pavilion Studio. Released as the "Never Healed" flexi EP.
Songs 14 to 15: From the "Dortmund Tape" recorded on 21/4/87 "live" to 2 track. Previously unreleased.
Songs 16 to 19: Recorded at Radio Trent Studios, Nottingham May '87. Released as the "Thanks!" EP.
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