SANGRE AMADO

artist: SANGRE AMADO (San Francisco, California, USA)

venue: Mission Records

location: San Francisco, California, USA

date: 10 November 2001

length: 50 minutes

HERE

1) "Here's some shit you won't understand, so fuck you."

2) "It's time for the secret weapon...are you sure you're ready? OK: John Wayne. Fucking secret weapon motherfucker."

3) "You how hard it is to find a fucking bass player to play metal in San Francisco motherfucker? It's very difficult, bitch. We're gonna play one more for you. First track off of our second album....that nobody knows because you're fucking posers, bitch. Only metal band in San Francisco, and you don't know what it is, so you're a fucking poser." [audience member shouts song title] "I eat my words."

SLAYER

artist: SLAYER (Los Angeles, California, USA)

venue: Dynamo

location: Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS

date: late May/early June 1985

length: 84 minutes

HERE

Recorded on SLAYER's first European tour and widely circulated via video, this recording is top notch and screaming. There's a reason why this band is the bench mark...also, some of the between song banter must be heard to be believed (and I'm specifically talking about the introduction to "Necrophiliac" here).

INVISIBLE ASTRO HEALING RHYTHM QUARTET

artist: INVISIBLE ASTRO RHYTHM HEALING QUARTET (Bakersfield, California, USA)

venue: various

location: (various) California, USA

date: (various) 2012-2014

length: 79 minutes

HERE

Improvisational avant/jazz ensemble from Central California, recordings culled from various performances.

RAKTA

artist: RAKTA (São Paulo, SP, BRASIL)

venue: CCSP

location: São Paulo, SP, BRASIL

date: 07 September 2014

length: 40 minutes

HERE

Live recording available on the fall 2014 USA/Europe tour, with alternate versions of two studio tracks released on the "Serpente/Sólido" 45 on 540 Records.