Category: Bootleg

Bootleg: Incubus in San Francisco!

It’s time for another back in the day live set courtesy of Liberated Tape Archive who have been giving VHS tape transfers a new lease of life. Fresh out of the Pizza oven comes a full set from “S.C.I.E.N.C.E.” era Incubus at Slim’s in San Francisco California all the way back on 11th August 1997.

Bootleg: “Change Of Heart” from Sertraline!

Filmed front of house at the Slade Rooms in Wolverhampton on 8th September 2018, here’s “Change Of Heart” from Northern Progressive Metallers Sertraline. They’ve been providing us with a wealth of behind the scenes content of late with a run of chats from frontwoman Lizzie Parry about the lyrics of their current EP “Clouded Minds

Bootleg: “Never Back Down” from Sick Of It All!

The penultimate part of the Sick Of It All quarantine sessions series that sees the band performing some of their deeper cuts has scratched the surface in “Never Back Down“, which originally appeared on the New York Hardcore Punks 2014 record “Last Act Of Defiance“. The band comment: “This Quarantine Jam is a perfect anthem

Bootleg: (hed)p.e. in Minneapolis Minnesota!

As the 20th Anniversary of seminal sophomore album “Broke” continue in 2020, Liberated Tape Archive have uncovered (hed)p.e. at First Avenue in Minneapolis Minnesota on 2nd February 1999. It sees them perform cuts from their self titled debut album which dropped in 1997, a second generation VHS tape transfer split over 2 cameras. If you’ve

Bootleg: “Desolate Spheres” from Obscura!

Returning to their set from Up From The Ground Festival in 2006 for a second time, German Progressive Technical Death Metallers Obscura have shared “Desolate Spheres“, which was one of the first songs completed for their sophomore album “Cosmogenesis” with  audio taken in its raw state, directly from the camera itself. Last month saw them share

Bootleg: “Scream Baby Scream” from Wednesday 13!

Cut from the set on the Ronnie James Dio stage at Bloodstock Festival in 2018, here’s pro-shot footage of the opening gambit of “Skeletons”, a personal favourite by Wednesday 13 entitled “Scream Baby Scream“. The Festival will be back next year for a rescheduled 20th Anniversary with a wealth of artists retained for the special event.

Bootleg: “Vagabond” from Polaris!

The second part of the double header of songs which Polaris performed with Plini filling in for Ryan Siew in session for Triple J Radio in their native Australia sees them play their own cut in “Vagabond” having previously covered “Black Fingernails, Red Wine” by Eskimo Joe for the programme. The fill in was due

Bootleg: Pitchshifter in New Jersey!

Back in 2000, Nottingham Industrial Metal legends Pitchshifter did the unthinkable and went to the US to join Ozzfest for a summer. The run came after the success of the bands .com record with its follow up “Deviant” making up half of this set from 24th July at Holmdel New Jersey at PNC Bank Arts

Bootleg: Darwin’s Waiting Room in Toronto!

Arguably best known for their 2001 major label debut album “Orphan“, here’s a full set from Florida Nu-Metallers Darwin’s Waiting Room. It was recorded at The Kathedral in Toronto, Ontario Canada on 28th July 2001 and has been transferred from VHS by Liberated Tape Archive. The set includes “Feel So Stupid (Table 9)” and tragically

Bootleg: Tiberius cover Protest The Hero!

Who doesn’t like Canadian Progressive Metallers Protest The Hero? Fresh from “A Peaceful Annihilation“, Tiberius frontman Grant Barclay has shown his appreciation of his heroes with a vocal cover of “From The Sky” from their new album “Palimpsest“, something which we’d love them to flesh out into a full band cover. Perhaps when they finally