5LP box set with a heavy booklet
Svart Records to release the complete Terveet Kädet discography from 1980 to 2002 in two box sets
Svart Records released a limited box set of all eighties material by Terveet Kädet, Finland’s inarguably most internationally legendary hardcore group, in 2019. This quickly sold out box is now being reissued in a slightly less limited form, together with a brand new box set that presents all Terveet Kädet material from 1990 to 2002 on vinyl, plus unreleased material.
The ferocious Finnish hardcore tornado Terveet Kädet was founded in Tornio, northern Finland, when the late autumn rains of 1979 turned into the impenetrable darkness of a frosty winter.
Terveet Kädet – aka TK – was influenced by Discharge among others, but the band was soon able to create a very original kind of sonic storm for which there were no equals.
The band’s global influence in the development of savage hardcore and extreme metal is undeniable. The Cavalera brothers Max and Igor, who founded Sepultura, the legendary Brazilian doom troop in 1984, have told countless times how deeply Terveet Kädet has influenced their musical chaos.
Terveet Kädet managed to release a towering pile of relentless hardcore classics in the 80s but the group’s sonic attack was also plagued by numerous line-up changes – including the main songwriter Timo Viik, who left the band in 1985. When the eighties crept towards their end, there were more severe transitions, as guitarist Aki Wille Yrjänä and bassist Jukka Kähkönen disappeared from the group for one reason or another.
Fortunately these black shadows vanished at the turn of the 90s, and Terveet Kädet was activated with new creative forces: guitarist Maike (Mika Valanne) and bassist Lene (Markku Leinonen). They were warmly received by the band’s elder statesmen and brothers in blood, singer Läjä (Veli-Matti Äijälä) and drummer Tilli (Timo Äijälä).
The foursome went and published a bunch of diverse long plays and EP’s during the 90s, and now these long-sold-out releases are being compiled together into a hefty box set called Demon Seeds – The Complete Studio Recordings 1989 – 2002. To coincide with the new box set, Svart are also reissuing the quickly sold out box set from 2019, TK POP 1980-1989, which features every track from the band’s classic eighties era.
The Demon Seeds box set contains the Eps Unkind and Bizarre Domination plus the albums Sign Of The Cross, Doomed Alien Race, The Ultimate Pain and Non Ultra Descriptica. Bonus material includes rare compilation tracks, a demo from 1994 plus an entirely unreleased studio session from 2002 which was meant to become a new TK album called Cape Vortex, but was shelved.
LP 1
SIGN OF THE CROSS
Originally released on cd as Alternative Action Records, A.A.025 (1995)
A1. SIGN OF THE CROSS (1:31)
A2. DEVIL CHRIST (1:18)
A3. SACRED BLOOD (1:47)
A4. THE LEADER [1995 version] (2:27)
A5. DEMON SEEDS [1995 version] (1:14)
A6. UNNATURAL WORLD (1:56)
A7. THE PARADOX (1:08)
A8. ANNO DOMINI [1995 version] (1:41)
B1. THE DARKNESS (2:11)
B2. FOR EVER AND EVER (1:33)
B3. BODY CHANGES (1:30)
B4. DOORWAY TO ANOTHER EXISTENCE (2:25)
B5. MAKE DEATH COME (1:25)
B6. AT THE GATES (6:36)
LP 2
DOOMED ALIEN RACE
Originally released on cd as Alternative Action Records, A.A.032 (1997)
A1. BLACK SHADOWS (3:28)
A2. BLEEDING TO DEATH (2:41)
A3. STATE OF CRUELTY (4:15)
A4. REBORN NEW GOD (3:34)
A5. OUTBURST OF ANGER (1:24)
A6. LOOK AT TOMORROW (4:09)
B1. THE FLAGELLANTS (2:00)
B2. UNKIND [1997 version] (2:45)
Music by Maike Valanne • Lyrics by Läjä Äijälä
B3. LIFE BEYOND (1:27)
B4. EVERYTHING MUST GO (5:04)
B5. DOOMED ALIEN RACE (5:03)
LP 3
THE ULTIMATE PAIN
Originally released on cd as Solardisk, SOLD-002 (January 1999)
A1. DEEP WOUNDS (3:43)
A2. THE HEAT (3:46)
A3. RESTLESS SOUL (3:11)
A4. STONES OF STRENGTH (3:10)
A5. DEATH FACTORY (2:24)
A6. THE CRY OF DISTRESS (5:03)
B1. THE INSTRUMENTS OF ARMAGEDDON (3:36)
B2. INNER MONSTER (3:08)
B3. PAIN IDEOLOGY (3:24)
B4. ANOTHER LIFE (2:29)
B5. THE ULTIMATE PAIN (4:52)
B6. THE ULTIMATE PAIN OUTRO (1:10)
LP 4
NON ULTRA DESCRIPTICA
Originally released on cd as Solardisk, SOLD-007 (September 2000)
A1. NON ULTRA DESCRIPTICA (2:49)
A2. TIME EMPATHY (5:28)
A3. OUTGROWN (5:18)
A4. IN THE SHADOW OF FEAR (2:58)
A5. WHERE BLACK STARS RISE (4:44)
A6. AWAY (2:48)
B1. MEMORIES OF THE PAST (1:59)
B2. EEMI (5:02)
B3. DIABOLIC (5:48)
B4. HYDROPHOBIC & PARANOID (3:04)
B5. BELAJA SMERT (5:20)
LP 5
UNKIND
Tracks A1 to A8 originally released as Mad Rat, RAT-004 (1990). A9 originally released on TERVEET KÄDET: ONNELLISIA KYTKENTÖJÄ 1980-2000 compilation cd, Solardisk, SOLD-014 (2002).
A1. METAL MASSACRE [1989 version] (2:12)
A2. UNKIND [1989 version] (2:45)
A3. FALL INTO DECAY (1:59)
A4. BOOTS (1:34)
A5. PUSHED TOO FAR [1989 version] (2:00)
A6. THE HORSE [1989 version] (1:58)
A7. TRANSVESTITE (1:01)
A8. WHIP ME (JESUS) (0:32)
A9. A.L.I.E.N. [1989 version] (1:06)
BIZARRE DOMINATION
Tracks A10 to A14 originally released as Alternative Action Records, A.A.017 (1992). A15 & A16 originally released on various artists compilation ÄLKÄÄ VÄLITTÄKÖ PASKAPUHEISTA !!! – NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS IN 1994, Alternative Action Records, A.A.022 (1994).
A10. BIZARRE DOMINATION (1:39)
A11. THE MAN OF SORROWS (1:07)
A12. UTILIZATION [1992 version] (0:42)
A13. BLOODY VISION OF FEAR (1:12)
A14. BETWEEN LIFE & DEATH (1:21)
A15. SEARCHING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (0:42)
A16. THE LEADER 2 [1992 version] (1:42)
B1. THE OMEN (1:59)
B2. THE MORE I SEE (2:13)
B3. THE ULTIMATE PAIN THEME (1:04)
CAPE VORTEX
Previously unreleased
B4. THESE NATIVE FEARS (1:49)
B5. (I FUCKIN’ FEEL LIKE) BUILDING UP AN ARMY (2:52)
B6. FORGOTTEN SONS (3:51)
B7. CAPE VORTEX (4:40)
