Primitive Origins

Diving into Toad’s hard-rockin’ self-titled 1971 debut.

Diving into Lucifer’s Friend’s 1970 self-titled debut to see if the proto-metal holds up.

Diving into Zior’s second album, early-’70’s kinda-proto-stoner Every Inch a Man.

Diving into T2’s 1970 prog-rock debut It’ll All Work Out in Boomland.

Looking back on Winterhawk‘s 1979 album Electric Warriors as it gets set to be reissued next week.

Looking back on Sarcofagus‘ second album from 1980 as it gets set to be reissued next week.

Mining Bloodrock‘s self-titled album from 1970 to determine its metallic quantities and qualities.

Checking out the only album from The Power of Zeus to see if the tunes hold up in heaviness 51 years later.

Checking out Zarpa Rock’s 1978 album Los 4 Jinetes del Apocalipsis to see if the tunes are as metalhead-friendly as that gruesome cover art.

Re-examining the 1974 self-titled debut from the curiously named Heavy Metal Kids to find out just how heavy metal they are.

Re-examining the output of early British punk/metallers Crushed Butler.

Re-examining Black Widow’s 1970 debut, Sacrifice, in a seasonally appropriate Primitive Origins.

Re-examining Hard Stuff’s hard-rocking 1972 debut, Bulletproof.

Revisiting Blackwater Park’s only release, 1972’s Dirt Box.

Revisiting En ny tid är här…, the 1970 debut from Sweden’s November.

Re-examining Highway Robbery‘s only album, 1972’s For Love or Money.

Revisiting South Africa’s Suck and their only release, 1970’s Time to Suck.

Looking into the mystery of Detroit’s Astaroth and their 1968 (or 1975, maybe) single Satanispiritus/Lady of the Moon.

Remembering the five best, and heaviest, proto-metal songs we discussed in Primitive Origins this year.

Re-examining High Tide’s 1969 proto-metal-with-violin record Sea Shanties.

Is Blue Cheer‘s Vincebus Eruptum the first metal record? We dive deep to figure it out.

Re-examining how Randy Holden foreshadowed Eyehategod’s down and dirty sludge in 1969 on Population II.

Re-examining New Trolls’ 1972 prog-rock odyssey UT.

Does Epitaph’s debut album, from 1971, live up to its ’91-DM cover art? We dig deep to find out.

Revisiting Toe Fat‘s self-titled debut from 1970 as we continue our proto-metal minings in Primitive Origins.

Underground Soviet metal from the early ’80s? Sure. Bring it on. Bring it all on!

Looking back on Hairy Chapter‘s very weird 1971 album Can’t Get Through.

Exploring the rowdy live proto-metal recording that is Gedo‘s 1974 debut.

Revisiting AKA‘s strange, strange 1970 debut to find proto-metal amongst the Indonesian pop.

Revisiting Granicus‘ self-titled 1973 album, an underrated proto-metal rager.