The Masters Of Black Metal @ Arlington Theatre

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Gig The Masters of Black Metal @ Arlington Theatre • Band(s) Cirith Ungol

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Date	Thu 25 Apr 1985
Time	19:00 pm
Slogan	Kings of the Dead
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Address ❓	The Arlington Theatre (Metropolitan Theatres), 1317 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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Featured acts: Venom (“from England / Last California Appearance!”), Slayer (“from L.A.”), Cirith Ungol (“Kings of the Dead”). This concert never happened, only the posters.

The Masters of Black Metal

: Venom – Slayer – Exodus
03 April 1985
played, VHS

: Slayer – Venom – Oz
19 April 1985
Oz has cancelled

: Slayer – Venom – Oz
19 April 1985
Oz has cancelled

: Slayer – Venom – Oz
19 April 1985
Oz has cancelled

: Venom – Slayer – Exodus
19 April 1985
played

: Slayer – Venom – Exodus
19 April 1985
played

: Slayer – Venom – Exodus
19 April 1985
played

: Slayer – Venom – Exodus
19 April 1985
played

: Slayer – Venom – Cirith Ungol
25 April 1985
cancelled

: Slayer – Venom – Cirith Ungol
25 April 1985
cancelled

: Slayer – Venom – Cirith Ungol
25 April 1985
cancelled

: Slayer – Venom
25 April 1985
cancelled

Cirith Ungol canceled the gig. Here is with the slogan “The Masters of Black Metal” on the poster. The dates of the posters was 3rd April, 19th April and 25th April 1985, and featured the bands Venom and Slayer, and various third bands as well on various dates – Oz, Exodus or Cirith Ungol. Is there more of The Masters of Black Metal on posters or other things? Slayer, Venom and Exodus were officially recorded on 3rd April 1985 at Studio 54 in New York, and released on Combat Tour Live: The Ultimate Revenge on VHS. The VHS track list is a slightly different track list on some of them, but the complete track list:

00:00 – Introduction
00:45 – Crowd Scenes
02:09 – Exodus – Piranha
06:30 – Gary Holt Guitar Solo (Exodus)
07:35 – Slayer – Die By The Sword
11:23 – Venom – Witching Hour (promo video from the 1983 Live EP)
15:13 – Venom Interview Part 1
17:42 – Exodus – Metal Command
22:12 – Exodus – Exodus
26:40 – Exodus – Strike Of The Beast
31:13 – Slayer Interview
33:15 – Slayer – The Antichrist
36:17 – Slayer – Hell Awaits
41:45 – Slayer – Chemical Warfare
48:16 – Venom Interview Part 2 (extra)
53:37 – Venom – Countess Bathory (extra) (promo video filmed at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK. in 1 Jun 1984 from the video The 7th Date of Hell)
57:13 – Credits (extra) (Slayer – Evil Has No Boundries)
58:20 – Combat Records Catalogue / Advertisement (extra)

“When you think of Studio 54, you think of the music loud, the beat heavy, the dancing frenetic. You do NOT think of VENOM, EXODUS or SLAYER, Dukes of Heavy Metal darkness all. But all the above were descriptions of those three bands on the magical evening of April 3, 1985 when Studio 54 changed its disco gloss into Heavy Metal sweat in the Ultimate Revenge. This is the story of that fateful night, from the crowds outside to the band’s inside thoughts, from the energy and frantic pace on stage to agitated madness of the crowd in audience. VENOM – from England and one of the biggest selling independent bands in the world…. EXODUS, leaders of the San Francisco speed metal scene and L.A.’s legendary SLAYER, a band that always lives up to its name when it comes to its audiences. All three together on this 60 minute epic of metal!”

front side / back side on the cover.

During the actual show, Venom drafted guitarists Dave Irwin (Fist) and Les Cheetham (Avenger) to fill in for Jeffrey “Mantas” Dunn, who remained in the UK sick with chickenpox.

Fun facts with satanism and fantasy:

The satanism poster “The Masters of Black Metal” ✔️

Venom (lyrics and other stuff on satanism) ✔️
Slayer (lyrics and other stuff on satanism) ✔️
Cirith Ungol (lyrics about fantasy and Ferrari) ❌

Therefore it was canceled with Cirith Ungol? 😉

But the Cirith Ungol has opened the christian band Stryper on another gig.

Fun facts on metal genres over the years:

Metal genres or classifications is very different now than in the 1980’s:

Venom: “Our music is Power Metal, Venom Metal, Black Metal, not Heavy Metal cos that’s for the chicks“. Kerrang! Nov 1982
Slayer: “From The Heaviest Band In the World Comes The Ultimate Power Metal Album” (Metal Blade Records ad header on Hell Awaits), “Very Heavy” (Creem Magazine 5/84) and “A Sure Must For All Hardcore Fans” (Metallic Overkill fanzine)
Exodus: “leaders of the San Francisco speed metal scene” (backside of Combat Tour Live: The Ultimate Revenge)

Curiosity with heaven & hell and Elric:

the French artist Philippe Druillet who draw on the very first comic version of Elric. The comic “Approaching Centauri” on battle between heaven and hell on the magazine Heavy Metal – The adult illustrated fantasy magazine vol. I, no. 4, Jul 1977, which has script of Philippe Druillet and art by Jean “Mœbius” Giraud. The Slayer album Hell Awaits has borrowed of them.