☭ The Unquiet Grave Episode 36: “America Is Behind! Heavy Metal of the Soviet Union” ☭
On tonight’s ep of The Unquiet Grave, we explored heavy metal of the U.S.S.R., mostly from the mid-to-late-eighties. This was a very fun episode to make, and also the hardest I’ve worked on researching an episode, so I hope you enjoyed it! I want to give a special shoutout to my absolute favorite Soviet metal album cover—the cover of the Минздрав СССР/Реаниматор single by Samaran thrashers Режим (Rezim) featuring Lenin joyfully sweeping imperialists off the globe (the featured image on this blog post). Thanks for listening, and join me next week for an all grindcore episode! Follow me on Twitter or check out my webpage for info on upcoming episodes.
Here is a link to the Heavy Metal of Eastern Bloc YouTube channel I mentioned on the episode.
The background music while I talked in this episode was a recording of the Soviet National Anthem that played at the end of the television broadcast day in the 1980s.
Your host, Emily
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Show archive
Playlist
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Чёрный кофе (Chorny Kofe), “Мёртвые души (Dead Souls)”
from Приди и всё возьми (Come And Take It All)
Self Released - 1984
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Чёрный кофе (Chorny Kofe), “Мой дом (My House)”
from Переступи порог (Cross The Threshold)
Мелодия - 1987
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Легион (Legion), “Мир под cекретом (The World Is In Secret)”
from Апокалипсис (Apokalipsis)
Self Released - 1986
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Ария (Ariya), “Бивни чёрных скал (Tusks Of The Black Rocks)”
from Мания величия (Megalomania)
Self Released - 1985
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Ария (Ariya), “Позади Америка (Pozadi Amerika - America Is Behind)”
from Мания величия (Megalomania)
Self Released - 1985
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Мастер (Master), “Встань, страх преодолей (Stand Up, Overcome Fear)”
from Мастер (Master)
Мелодия - 1988
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Режим (Rezim), “Mindzdrav SSSR (USSR Ministry of Health)”
from Минздрав СССР/Реаниматор (Single)
Unknown - 1989
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Супер Р (Super R), “Не могу молчать (Ne Mogu Molchat - I Can't Be Silent))”
from Не могу молчать (Ne mogu molchat)
Unknown - 1988
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Хопо (Khopo), “Budte miloserdny (Be Merciful)”
from Преданность и предательство (Loyalty And Betrayal)
Unknown - 1988
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Коррозия Металла (Korrozia metalla ), “Sumasshedskiy dom (Crazy House)”
from Русская водка (Russian Vodka)
KTR - 1989
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Скорая помощь (Skoraya pomosh), “Plamya gneva (Flame Of Anger)”
from Своими руками (DIY)
Self Released - 1989
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Клиника (Klinika), “Loterejniy bilet (Lottery Ticket)”
from Loterejniy bilet (Lottery Ticket)
Unknown - 1989