DR. LIVING DEAD! Demos After Death LP+CD (BLACK)

label: High Roller Records
format: 12"LP+CD
year: 2023
country: Sweden
genre: thrash metal / crossover

Black vinyl, ltd 150, 4 page insert, A5 photo card, poster, bonus CD.

Swedish crossover thrash four-piece DR. LIVING DEAD! disbanded in late summer 2022, thanking friends, business partners and fans alike for supporting the band throughout its 15-year existence. After their formation in Stockholm in 2007 the group went on to record four full-lengths between 2011 and 2017 – two on High Roller and Century Media respectively – but their first two demo CDs “Thrash After Death” (2007) and “Thrashing the Law” (2008) have never been officially available – until now. High Roller have compiled all of DR. LIVING DEAD!´s early recordings under the title “Demos After Death”. Featuring 13 tracks on vinyl plus an additional six on CD, this set encapsulates what the quartet has always been about – part bandana-wearing, baseball-capped, skull-faced metal thrashing mad and part loving tribute to eternal idols like Slayer, Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. Add to this a penchant for skateboard culture, the cinema of the 1980s, a pinch of belated Cold War angst as well as a healthy dose of humour, and you have a perfectly timeless piece of crossover how it was meant to be originally. Or to put it in DR. LIVING DEAD´s own words: “Grab something nice and cold to drink, put on the S.O.D. record and give yourself a good ol´ pat on the back for being a cool MF. Until next time, cheers everybody!”

For fans of D.R.I., Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Municipal Waste, Gama Bomb.