Sweet Nightmares - KPFT Radio Show (4-18-1990)

Another 90+ minutes of Bill and Wes spinning some of the best metal available. Being a big supporter of local music, Wes plays a few local songs by Grimace, dead horse, and Krullur. The Krullur song gets cut off right at the end of the song so I left it in rather than editing it out. Learn more about the radio show in this previous post here.

Track Listing:

1. Kreator - As The World Burns

2. Ratos De Porao - Amazonia Nunca Mais

3. Revenant - Distant Eyes

4. Morbid Angel - Evil Spells

5. Grimace (TX) - Jazz Fuse

6. dead horse (TX) - Mindless Zombies

7. Immolation - Despondent Souls

8. Hexx - Fields of Death (Tape Flip)

9. Pestilence - Out of the Body

10. Shades of Gray - Rage of Insanity (Demo)

11. Atrophy - Puppies & Friends

12. Sadus - Good Riddance (Demo)

13. Rest in Pieces - Five Golden Rings

14. Slayer - Reborn

15. Carcass - Excoriating Abdominal Emanation

16. Death - Altering the Future

17. Krullur - This is Gore (Cut-Off)

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Sweet Nightmares - KPFT Radio Show (Early 1989)

I'm guessing on the date for this show but it should be close. Anyway this is a really good set-list of metal from the guys of Sweet Nightmares. Wes Weaver was really showcasing local metal with songs by Nemesis, Metal Force, Sacred Mission, Equinox, and Arctic Helm. These are the only songs by these bands I have ever heard so this is a chance to hear some really rare cuts of Texas metal. Check out my previous Sweet Nightmares post for more info about the show.

Track List

1. Nemesis - My Desire (???)

2. Metal Force - Onslaughter

3. Sacred Mission - Countdown to Doomsday

4. Equinox - Wings of Death

5. Anthrax - Madhouse

6. Anthrax - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

7. Metal Church - Beyond the Black

8. Metal Church - Metal Church

9. King Diamond - Omens

10. King Diamond - The Possession (tape flip)

11. Arctic Helm - Fallout

12. Infernal Majesty - Skeletons int he Closet

13. Infernal Majesty - Anthology of Death

14. Iron Maiden - Cross Eyed Mary

15. Iron Maiden - Killers (Live)

16. Mercyful Fate - Curse of the Pharoahs

17. Mercyful Fate - Evil

18. Paradox - Paradox

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Sweet Nightmares - KPFT Radio Show (Nov. 1989)

Another 90 minutes of headbanging metal courtesy of the Sweet Nightmares radio show. This is a great set featuring a couple of demo cuts from Texas locals Watchtower and Morbid Scream. Check out my previous Sweet Nightmares post for more info about the show.

Track List

1. Bolt Thrower - Through the Eye of Terror

2. Morbid Angel - Visions from the Dark Side

3. Exhorder - Death in Vain (Demo)

4. Nasty Savage - Powerslam

5. Demolition Hammer - Infectious Hospital Waste (Demo)

6. D.R.I. - You Say I'm Scum

7. Testament - C.O.T.L.O.D.

8. Kreator - Impossible to Cure

9. Watchtower - Instruments of Random Murder (Demo)

10. Atheist - Room With A View (Tape Flip)

11. Intruder - Killing Winds

12. Bathory - Total Destruction

13. Morbid Scream - The Coming of War

14. Evil Dead - Sloe-Death

15. Indestroy - Senseless Theories

16. Tyrranicide - Drink, Drive and Die

17. Slayer - Epidemic

18. Recipients of Death - Flesh Burn

19. Prime Evil - Reality's Complete (Demo)

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Sweet Nightmares - KPFT Radio Show (Feb. 10, 1988)

I've been digging deep in my garage to pull out my personally taped cassettes of Sweet Nightmares. This isn't really Texas based music but it does shine a light on what local radio  the bands had access to and how some of them became inspired to create their own metal.

Beginning in the mid-80's, Sweet Nightmares started playing the heaviest, hardest metal of the day for the Houston metro area. Transmitting from 90.1 KPFT (kpft.org), Sweet Nightmares was the only place a true metalhead could hear the good stuff. Wes Weaver (to be joined later by co-host Bill (The Master) Bates) and crew introduced me to some of the classic metal that MTV was afraid to play. While regular radio played Ratt, Motley Crue, and other hair bands, Sweet Nightmares spun real metal from bands like Slayer, Testament, Celtic Frost, etc. This particular set includes songs by Paradox, Sanctuary, Candlemass, Forbidden Evil (pre-Forbidden), Metal Onslaught, Necrophagia, Nasty Savage and more.

Best of all is the fact that Sweet Nightmares is still on the air (Thursdays from 11pm-2am). Check out the KPFT archives for access to the latest shows and follow Sweet Nightmares on Twitter for the latest Houston metal news. (https://twitter.com/nightmareskpft)

A little more history about the show from We Weaver himself...

Sweet nightmares was started in 1987 by a guy named Steve Harrington, he some affiliation to the station and basically he did a metal show one night in march 87 at like 2 in the morning,i missed it but a friend heard it and told ma about it.So I went down the next week with records, Steve played them and asked me back the following week, and i didn't stop going...lol He gave me the show about 6 months later....i had a few people help me and then got Bill Bates sometime in 88 probably mid 88.

Track List

1. Nasty Savage - Abstract Reality

2. Viking - Valhalla

3. Forbidden Evil - Chalice of Blood (Demo Version)

4. Deadly Blessing - Salem's Lot

5. Candlemass - Dark Are The Veils Of Death

6. Vio-Lence - Bodies on Bodies (Demo Version)

7. Sanctuary - Termination Force

8. Paradox - Beyond Space (Tape Flip)

9. Metal Onslaught - Cease to Exist

10. Necrophagia - Bleeding Torment

11. Morbid Angel - Kingdom Come (Demo Version)

12. Gargoyle - Final Victory

13. Nasty Savage - Hypnotic Trance

14. Plasmatics - 12 Noon

15. Exodus - Deranged

16. Nuclear Assault - Justice

17. Judas Priest - Steeler

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