Bootlegs, vinyls, limited editions and other rarities

Reconstellation
[Bootleg]

-CD-

Re-issue of the first MCD (now extremely rare) with bonus-tracks from the also rare 7-inch EP. Full color packaging, proffesional appearance, it is unknown who released this, but it is limited. Quite an interesting release, well-deserving another pressing.

Burzum

Burzum
[Deathlike Silence Productions]

-Format-CD-

Released in 1992, and now extremely rare and sought after, this version was released by Euronymous' Deathlike Silence Productions. The only real differences are found in the graphics/layout, but it's obvious why this is such a collectors item, due to its history.

Burzum

Aske
[Deathlike Silence Productions]

-Format-CD-

Released by Euronymous' Deathlike Silence Productions, this version of the Aske recording is perhaps rarer than even the self-titled release. It would later be released with the self-titled by Misathropy Records on one CD.

Possessed

Fallen Angels
[Death Metal Records-BOOTLEG]

-Format-7"-

This rare bootleg was released in 1989 and contains four rehearsal tracks from 1984. The tracks are: 'Pentagram,' 'Twisted Minds,' 'Swing of the Axe' and 'Fallen Angel.'

[Above: 7" reverse]

Mercyful Fate

The Live Oath
[BOOTLEG]

-Format-CD-

Live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. at February 18, 1995. Yet another Mercyful Fate bootleg in what seems to be a neverending list. This one, 'The Live Oath,' lists no information whatsoever as to date or place. It contains the following songs: '(intro) The Oath,' 'The Oath,' 'Nightmare be Thy Name* ('Thy' misprinted as 'the'),' 'The Bellwitch,' 'Curse of the Pharaohs* ('Curse' misprinted as 'Course'),' 'Dangerous Meeting,' 'Is that you, Melissa?,' 'Doomed by the Living Dead,' 'Moby Dick, drum solo, The Mule,' 'My Demon,' 'Satan's Fall' and 'Come to the Sabbath.'

[Below: Cassette version]

Cradle of Filth

Orgiastic Pleasures Foul
[demo #2]

-Format-cassette-

Their second demo, released in 1992, it contains the following tracks: 'Bleeding in Heaven (intro),' 'As my Stomach Churns,' 'Funereal,' 'Darkly Erotic,' 'The Graveyard By Moonlight,' 'So Violently Sick' and 'Foul Winds Threaten (outro).'

Malevolent Creation

Demo 1990
[demo 1990]

-Format-cassette-

This rather rare demo contains the following tracks: 'Remnants of Withered Decay' 'Decadence Within' and 'Impaled Existance* (Misspelled on this demo 'Impailed').'

Venom

Die Hard
[Seven inch]

-Format-Seven inch-

Released in 1983, this seven inch contains two songs: 'Die Hard' and 'Acid Queen.'

Venom

Warhead
[Seven inch]

-Format-Seven inch-

This seven inch from 1983 features two songs, 'Lady Lust' and 'Warhead.' There are three different versions of this EP, each with a different band members picture on the front. These are the Mantas and Cronos versions. Below is shown the back of the Cronos version.

Marduk

Day of Darkness-Warriors of Italy 1998
[BOOTLEG]

-Format-CD-

This live bootleg was recorded during the bands 1998 tour. It contains the following tracks: 'Intro: Of Hell's Fire,' 'Still Fucking Dead,' 'The Black Tormentor of Satan,' 'On Darkend Wings,' 'Sulphur Souls,' 'Dracul Va Domni Din Nou In Transilvania,' 'Slay the Nazerene,' 'Materialized in Stone,' 'Legion' and 'Departure from the Mortals.'

Venom

Bloodlust
[Seven inch]

-Format-7 inch-

This 1982 seven inch contains the following two tracks: 'Bloodlust' and 'In Nomine Satanas.'

Cradle of Filth

Venus in Fear
[BOOTLEG]

-Format-CD-

This Bootleg CD contains both demos, "Total Fucking Darkness" and "Orgiastic Pleasures Foul."

Dismember

Skin her Alive
[Nuclear Blast Records]

-Format-picture seven inch-

This two track picture seven inch contains the tracks: 'Skin her Alive' and 'Defective Decay.' It was released in 1992 by Nuclear Blast.

[Above: LP reverse]

Venom

In League with Satan
[7 inch]

-Format-picture seven inch-

This two track picture seven inch contains the tracks: 'In League with Satan' and 'Live like an Angel, Die like a Devil.' It is limited to 150 copies.

Mayhem

War and Sodomy
[BOOTLEG]

-Format-CD/LP-

Produced in 1999 and limited to 333 copies, this rare bootleg is a recording of a show in Zeitz, East Germany, November 24 1990. It contains the following tracks with ex-vocalist 'Dead' on vocals: 'Deathcrush,' 'Necrolust,' 'Funeral Fog,' 'Freezing Moon,' 'Carnage,' 'Buried By Time & Dust,' 'Chainsaw Gutsfuck' and 'Pagan Fears.'

Graveland

Epilogue Promo 1993
[self-financed]

-Format-cassette-

This promo from 1993 contains the following early tracks: 'Intro,' 'The Eyes of Balor,' 'Shadows of Doom* (Later called 'Shadow' of Doom),' 'The Forest Nemeton (Part two),' 'Children of Moon* ('the' added in later re-release before 'Moon')' and 'Outro.'

Carcass

Picture seven inch

-Format-7 inch-

This rare 7 inch, limited to only 300 copies, was recorded live in 1989. It contains the following: 'Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment,' 'Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency' and 'Crepitating Bowell Erosion.'

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