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ROTTING CORPSE: 1985 Demo Available For Free Download

November 21, 2007

The 1985 debut three-song demo cassette by Texas thrashers ROTTING CORPSE has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog.

According to the blog post, "Formed by (then 'Diamond') Darrell Abbott's guitar tech Walt Trachsler and fellow PANTERA roadie Jim Mulqueen while their bosses were still pumping spandex in regional rock halls, the band also featured future SOLITUDE AETURNUS guitarist John Perez.

"This three-song tape purloins a LOT of choice riffs from EXODUS' 'Bonded by Blood', but that's not a bad place to start. Their zealous thrash energy can't be faked, and compared to a lot of excitable demo bands at the time, they can actually play — and keep a fast tempo together."

"Who knows what influence these guys had on PANTERA's decision to play thrash? ROTTING CORPSE later traded the Abbott brothers a used motorboat for studio time to record a future demo, and Vinnie Paul even ran the mixing board. When ROTTING CORPSE was all over, Walter Trachsler briefly played guitar with DEATH on the 'Spiritual Healing' tour."

Bang! Bang!, the weblog of Ian Christe (author of "Sound of the Beast" and "Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga", and host on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack),is dedicated to "celebrating the tradition of freely-traded heavy metal demo cassettes and preserving the pioneer spirit of the underground, one magnetic particle at a time."

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