Heavy Load: Minoan Eruption - 1978 full Demo

28.08.2023

Demo Tracks:

1.Monsters of the Night

2.Dreaming

3.The King

4.Hey

5.Stronger Than Evil

6.Dark Nights

7.Something New

Heavy Load is a Swedish  band from Sweden (Stockholm), The band is often hailed as the first Swedish heavy metal band.

The Wahlquist brothers, who founded the band in 1976 along with Michael Backler, were later producers and owners of Thunderload Records in Sweden, were at one point producing Veni Domine, and also were considering releasing a new album, though that never occurred.

Misfortune struck when Thunderload Studios got severely damaged due to a water leakage in the 2000s, which meant a halt to its official existence. After the breakup, the members then went on and performed with other bands.

The band reformed in October 2017 and announced a series of shows for 2018 including an appearance at that year'sl Sweden Rcok Festival.

Lineup:

Styrbjörn Wahlquist:Drums,Vocals

Ragne Wahlquist:Guitars,Vocals,Keyboards 

Torbjörn Ragnesjö:Bass guitar (Replaced by Paul Gray)

Nic Savage:Guitars

Minoan Eruption:

The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE.

Minoan Civilisation:

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings date to c. 3500 BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000 BC, and then declining from c. 1450 BC until it ended around 1100 BC, during the early Greek Dark Ages.

Cover design,playlist and imaginary demo idead by St. Alien.

Genre:N.W.O.B.H.M.