Heresy Punk



Type: EP Release date: 1989 Catalog ID: N/A Authenticity: Unknown Label: Independent Format: Cassette Reviews: None yet. Heresy discography and songs: Music profile for Heresy. Genres: Thrashcore, Hardcore Punk, Crust Punk. Albums include Grind Madness at the BBC: The Earache Peel Sessions, Face Up to It!, and Heresy / Concrete Sox. Heresy - Never Healed E.P. 7' flexi 1986 1.Never Healed 00:00 2.Despair 02:05 3.Deathbiter 03:23 4.Anguish of War 06:31 5.More Blood Is Shed 07:28 6.Dead 12. The six tracks included were blisteringly fast thrash with non-existent production, but the proto-metalcore riffs in the songs attracted metal fans to the band as well as the usual hardcore punk crowd. At this time, Heresy would often play in the The Mermaid pub in Birmingham (usually sharing the bill with the still unsigned Napalm Death),. Heresy open up the split with three 'blink and you'll miss it', straight up hardcore punk songs with a strong Minor Threat influence. Despite only one of these three barely breaking a minute by one second, they are still formidable tracks which are fun to put on and mosh to for under a minute.

Event Date Venue CityRegionCountry
Corrosion of Conformity / D.R.I.11/26/1985Graystone Hall Detroit Michigan USA
Cro-Mags03/28/1986Graystone Hall Detroit Michigan USA
Just Born04/20/1986Liedernacht Detroit Michigan USA
Adrenalin O.D.12/06/1986Graystone Hall Detroit Michigan USA
Heresy09/12/1987Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Blasphemous02/27/1988Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Ugly But Proud06/04/1988Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Social Distortion10/02/1988Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Inside Out11/12/1988Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Feisty Cadavers12/23/1988Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
The Orange Roughies12/27/1988Saint Andrew's Hall Detroit Michigan USA
Feisty Cadavers02/04/1989Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Heresy05/13/1989Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Heresy06/10/1989Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Heresy08/12/1989Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
Almighty Lumberjacks of Death01/20/1990Saint Andrew's Hall Detroit Michigan USA
Feisty Cadavers12/23/1994Blondies Detroit Michigan USA
3rd Annual Deviate Detroit07/03/2005Alvin's Detroit Michigan USA
Heresy Punk
OriginNottingham, England
Genres
  • crust punk[1]
  • thrashcore[1]
Years active1985–1989
LabelsEarache, In Your Face, Lost & Found, Boss Tuneage
Associated actsPlasmid, Unseen Terror, Ripcord, Concrete Sox, Geriatric Unit, Meatfly
MembersMalcolm 'Reevsy' Reeves
Kalvin Piper
Steve Charlesworth
John March
Mitch Dickinson
Stephen 'Baz' Ballam
Heresy Punk

Heresy were a hardcore punk band from Nottingham, England, formed in 1985 and active until late 1989. They released three albums and recorded three sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show.[2]

History[edit]

The band was formed by Reevsy (guitar, vocals), Kalvin 'Kalv' Piper (bass), and Steve Charlesworth (drums), the first two having previously been in the Stoke-on-Trent band Plasmid.[3] Their first release was the 1986 6-track flexi-discNever Healed - the first release on Earache Records, which was followed by a split LP with Concrete Sox. They then added a singer, who was soon replaced by Concrete Sox drummer John March. Reevsy left the band to be replaced by Mitch Dickinson from Unseen Terror on guitar. The band toured through Europe with this line-up.[3]

In 1988, Mitch left the band, to be replaced by Baz from Ripcord, the new line-up recording the Face Up to It LP. The band's final album, 1989's 13 Rocking Anthems, was compiled from their last two Peel Sessions. The band split up in late 1988.[3] Members Steve and Kalv formed Meatfly, and now play in UK hardcore band Geriatric Unit.

Musical style[edit]

Heresy's early material merged influences from English hardcore punk groups like Discharge and American extreme metal bands like Metallica and Slayer. A fusion which led to them being categorised as crust punk. By the time their founding vocalist Malcolm Reeves was replaced by Kalvin Piper, they had stripped away the metal influence, for a thrashcore sound influenced by Boston hardcore, early-Dirty Rotten Imbeciles and Siege.[1] An article for Alternative Press described how 'no band before them, harnessed the hormonal force of American hardcore and spiked it with metal-tipped UK82 punk'.[4] Simon Czerwinskyj, in an article for Bandcamp Daily, described the band as 'proto-grind crust maniacs'.[5]

Discography[edit]

Singles/EPs[edit]

  • Never Healed flexi EP (1986) Earache
  • Thanks! 7' (1987)
  • Whose Generation? 7' (1989) In Your Face
  • Live at Leeds 7' (1990) Open

Albums[edit]

  • Heresy/Concrete Sox split LP (1987) Earache
  • Face Up To It LP (1988) In Your Face (UK Indie No. 13)[6]
  • 13 Rocking Anthems LP (1989) In Your Face
  • Never Slit Thanks CD (1990) Earache/Toys Factory (compilation)
  • Voice Your Opinion (1992) Lost & Found
  • Visions Of Fear (1992) Lost & Found
  • ``Voice Of Fear``(199?) Lost & Found
  • 1985-87 (2006) Boss Tuneage
  • 20 Reasons To End It All (2007) Boss Tuneage

DVD[edit]

Heresy Punishment During The Reformation

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  • 1987 Excerpts From 4 Live Shows (2006) Boss Tuneage

References[edit]

Heresy Punk Band

  1. ^ abcGlasper, Ian (2009). Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985-89. p. 187.
  2. ^Heresy at the BBC's Keeping It Peel site
  3. ^ abcKFTH Heresy biography
  4. ^Marcus, Andrew (2008) 'HeresyArchived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine', Alternative Press, 'Heresy, like no band before them, harnessed the hormonal force of American hardcore and spiked it with metal-tipped UK82 punk'
  5. ^Czerwinskyj, Simon. 'Howls from the Past: Punk Afterlives on Bandcamp'. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. ^Lazell, Barry (1997) 'Indie Hits 1980-1989', Cherry Red Books, ISBN0-9517206-9-4

External links[edit]

Heresy Punishment In Inferno

  • Heresy on Myspace

Heresy Punk Meaning

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