Cyclone: Belgian Blurr
What’s that thing hanging out in the middle of Cyclone’s logo – a bloody disembodied foxtail? As this speed metal thresher worked its way across the fields of Belgium during the mid-1980s, I guess a few small animals were bound to be hurt.
Cyclone were pretty obvious fans of tougher British bands like Blitzkrieg and Satan — until they got the Exodus bug. Unlike a lot of their Euro-peers, they had no problem shifting gears into high speed. This three-song gem bears plenty of resemblance to Razor and Show No Mercy-era Slayer, and landed the band a deal with Roadrunner Records, who released Cyclone’s speed metal cult classic Brutal Destruction the following year.
At some point the band befriended a young Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory guitarist who once toured in Korn) and taught him the ways of well-brewed Belgian metal. “The guys who taught me were the guys from Cyclone,” he told Lords of Metal. “Those guys were from an older generation then I was. They where THE band from Belgium, you know.”
CYCLONE * “In the Grip of Evil” demo 1985 [23.6MB .rar]
There’s been a flood on YouTube recently of Cyclone live videos. The unofficial Cyclone MySpace page links to several of those.
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June 14th, 2007 at 11:48 am
In my opinion “Inferior to None” shits all over the first record. Though I’ve never been able to find “Inferior to None” on CD for a fair price, sadly. The production on that thing is just massive… 10 times better than that of “Brutal Destruction”, which I always thought was the album’s key downfall.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:28 am
I agree with Andrew’s comment. “Inferior To None” musically and production-wise is far superior than “Brutal Destruction”. But for me…..the songs on “Brutal” are more catchy. Especially “Fighting The Fatal”, and “Take Thy Breath”.
Yeah..no kidding…finding a fair priced copy of “Inferior To None” is not going to happen. Found a copy of it online..and this guy wants $120.00 for it. NUTS!!!!!