Cemetary - "Up from the Grave" (Demo 1985)

How about another serving of metal for your Monday?

After posting the incredible Ripper from Houston, Texas, last week, I wanted to follow it up with another obscure 80s horror metal smasher.

Cemetary from Center Line, Michigan (not the more famous version from Sweden) was another short-lived band that only put out this amazing (and now highly collectible) demo in 1985. The band met their unfortunate demise just a year later when drummer George "Sillexx" Selaty died by accidental suicide (although it true metal legend, it is said he died by hanging during a black mass ritual...)

Solid metal tracks with nice guitar work (especially on the final track, Nightmare) and King Diamond-inspired vocals. A great raw (and unfinished) sound on this demo, it would have been great to hear these tracks recorded and produced in a proper studio, but alas, it was not meant to be.

Long live Cemetary...