Blood

Earlier this year Bl'ast! guitarist, Mike Neider, contacted Southern Lord with news that he had found some mysterious old Bl'ast! master tapes in an abandoned storage locker. They were sent out to a studio to be baked as the tapes' quality had deteriorated - they were 25 years old after all!

Once they had been baked and the audio information had been transferred digitally, it was time to find out just what was on these mysterious tapes! Southern Lord contacted longtime Bl'ast! fiend Dave Grohl about mixing this recording, and his response was an enthusiastic, "Fuck Yeah, Let's do it." Whilst inside Grohl's famous 606 studios and with the Neve console featured in the recent Grohl-produced documentary, Sound City, we discovered a completely unheard, unreleased Bl'ast! recording session from the mid-80s!

The band is absolutely on fire on this recording! The lineup of the band at the time of the recording included second guitarist William Duvall (Neon Christ), who had moved from his hometown of Atlanta out to Santa Cruz on a tip from mutual friends in Corrosion of Conformity to join the band. Interestingly and completely unrelated, William Duvall is now the vocalist for Alice in Chains! Unfortunately, his tenure with Bl'ast! was short-lived and no recordings from that lineup were ever released.

From the thunderous bass intro of "Only Time Will Tell" to the apocalyptic warnings of "It's In My Blood," the album completely rips and rages from start to finish. All parties involved were completely amazed at how vibrant, unique, and new the material sounded. 180 gram vinyl with deluxe Gatefold jacket