Pentagram - 1973 Demo [FULL DEMO]

Tracks are taken from the First Daze Here compilation.
Artist: Pentagram
Album: 1973 Demo
Genre: Doom Metal
Year: 1973
Label: N/A
0:00 Forever My Queen
2:25 When The Screams Come
5:24 Walk In The Blue Light
11:00 20 Buck Spin
15:58 Review Your Choices
I do not own the rights to these songs. Just uploaded them for people to enjoy.

[@MiraMusicChannel]

That's was the real heavy metal from the vaults of 70s!

[@GabAssbreaker]

Saw them last year in a small club in southern Chile and it was the best concert i seen in my life, they played almost all these songs and they sounded as good as here, Bobby is a total legend.

[@Itsyrm8]

Honour to all real pals too mate. They help a great deal Oh! One more thing to say. There was a 2nd british invasion at that time. With the f beatles and the great sabs. They got all the popularity n all. Same story holds with the genious 13th floor elevators and the real texan legend: roky erickson. Roky was playin n screaming , full psykedelia by the age of 14 i think. Early sixties. And again we all got f bombarded by 4 beatles....

[@renatorabelo9527]

No one knows how much I want them here in my town, Campo Grande, Brasil. I love their sound and have been listening for more of 10 years (i'm 26 now)

[@gued_zzz]

@@renatorabelo9527eles estiveram no Rio de Janeiro ano passado! Também era o meu sonho vê-los ao vivo, e foi íncrivel! Agora e torcer pra uma próxima turnê em breve, saudações irmão!!

[@thinkforyourself2109]

Black Sabbath and Deep Purple always get the credit for starting heavy metal, but Pentagram also deserves credit. Great music!

[@AtropalArbaal-dk8jv]

Black Sabbath. Deep Purple had nothing to do with it.

[@MrDetmold]

Deep Purple'ın metalle ne alakası var?

[@Pascal-b3o]

​@@MrDetmoldDiverse Lieder von ihnen wie Hard lovin' Man sind so was wie Proto-Speed-Metal.

[@Beelzebub-x9f]

Plenty

[@КарташовСергей-щ7г]

​@@MrDetmoldListen Speed King from Deep Purple

[@salvatoreemulo5178]

I'm 59 years old and I still listen to it as if it were the first time

[@rickyalvarez5903]

Keep Rocking Sir.

[@davetisch574]

I really like the intensive, jazzy drumming, a bit like when Nick Mason or Bill Ward is playing

[@halcharles9995]

This is basically what hard rock drumming sounded like though, before guys like Roger Taylor normalised "just pouting and keeping a beat" - listen to Aynsley Dunbar, Mitch Mitchell etc. Rock drummers used to have an actual sense of rhythm, it wasn't all just pattern repetition (NB - metal drumming then becomes a whole different thing)

[@jimw255]

I would even add Tommy Aldridge in the list of drummers.

[@billjannusch]

This is absolutely wicked as hell. I love it..Very heavy 1973 demo..

[@zosozildjianmagick1790]

Best Demo ever! Love the heaviness! Great riffs!

[@greggnelson338]

you should try to get your hands on the demo of a band called All Who Oppose. Very limited.

[@embryonic7692]

Saw Bobby Liebling live around 6 yrs ago. He was still rocking hard asf. Looked like he came out of a coffing and just started swining. Fucking happy I got to see them!!

[@carlwood184]

Hell yeah Hes s Rocker

[@robertcooper411]

@@carlwood184 I wish they'd play UK .Would travel long and far to see them.

[@donutlordband24]

bobby Liebling, the heavy metal mad lad blesses us again!

[@goblinultramegaok7142]

One of the best music band in this fucking era. Thank you, bastard!!!!

[@SplendorSolis]

The correct order from the original demo reel is: 1. Walk In The Blue Light 2. 20 Buck Spin 3. Review Your Choices 4. Forever My Queen 5. When The Screams Come.

[@2hi2dye]

The lost "blueprints" to heavy metal...

[@treehuggerdeluxe5598]

I can imagine Hetfield and Mustaine listening to this stuff, learning it, and then putting their own spin on it. This is what spawned thrash metal for real. This, Budgie, Diamondhead, ground breaking stuff for the time. I frickin love it.

[@PlutoTheGod]

Metallica is a massive step back from what this is both creatively and musically

[@MorganEllon]

​@@PlutoTheGod​ Bullshit. This sounds like your typical 70's Black Sabbath/Blue Cheer imitation, but with mediocre songs and five years late to the game. Metallica were truly revolutionary for their time and had great songs. That's why we remember bands like Metallica, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, etc. It's not good enough to simply be creative or even original; you have to create something that sounds good.

[@putridabomination]

​@@MorganEllonStop dickriding Metallica

[@putridabomination]

​@@MorganEllonYou sound unbelievably retarded, nobody in their right mind would call this an imitation then call Metallica of all bands revolutionary. Stop eating paint chips.

[@stixzadinia8584]

​@@MorganEllon Metallica LOL 😂 big Nickleback fan too? 😂

[@Deaesseh-qj1fh]

Que sonzeira! PQP!!!

[@walterwhite4366]

Hope people realize the lineup in the photo is not the same as the musicians on this recording. Victor, Marty, and Joe came in about 10 years later(or you could say Bobby essentially joined their band "Death Row" later changing the name to Pentagram.

[@m.scottmcgahan9900]

Who is this lineup, then?

[@walterwhite4366]

Geoff O'Keefe-Drums Greg Mayne-Bass Vincent McCallister-Guitar Bobby Liebling-Vocals

[@justincook181]

Was just about to ask. No one dressed like that in the early 70s. I wasn’t aware that one guy was the only original member when they “reformed” in the 80s. Makes sense cause they sound nothing alike.

[@photoslum]

Plus the Napalm Records logo

[@sasazivanovic777]

​@@walterwhite4366 Thx. 🖤🤘

[@colinconnolly892]

I actually got to see Pentagram back in ‘94 at club called “The Grand” on 14th St in Manhattan. They were on a bill with Iron Man, 13 and from England Cathedral. I remember having a conversation with Lee Dorrian of Cathedral about Pentagram, I didn’t realize who I was to talking to until after the fact.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

The definition of " Stoner rock " : " I spent all night after the show downing pints with Lee Dorrian and talking about music ... when I got home late that night it dawned on me I might just had been socializing with that guy from Napalm Death , the vocalist from the Headliners that night , owner of Rise Above recs etc, etc ... "

[@mike_likes_sludge]

I have the utmost respect for Pentagram. I got to open for them at a reunion show in the very early 90's at Tiki Fala's in Dumfries, VA....got to see Bobby literally die on stage (or at least walked out on stage after an overdose/adrenaline shot) at The Black Cat in Washington, D.C., which turned into Pentagram Karaoke night...it was weird. Even weirder was ending up driving around the guy (who was an absolute mess at this point) that drove Bobby TO THE SHOW! We all also ended up at some weird ass D.C. college orgy. Oh, the good times!!! Haha. Later in life, I was even asked if I wanted to audition for Pentagram by a member of the band. I wanted to, but declined. My life was at a different point and the Black Cat (Kat?) show was hard to forget.....no matter how fun/interesting/insane the night was!! Pentagram.... still love 'em. \m/..\m/

[@donaldboggs2553]

That's awesome

[@thereagauze]

hell of a show, I saw 13 so many times back then.

[@nicoguarini28]

The mighty 13! Heaviest all girl band ever conceived......

[@jamie.777]

Bass sounds so much better than the relapse "re mix ".. I like this clean copy better

[@christophergordon7433]

Relapse didn’t remix it.

[@jamie.777]

@@christophergordon7433 apples and oranges. The f*ckng reissue everyone owns is relapse! Wish this version was sold,. I like the victor griffin era the best. I own the actual all your sins demo tape. I also own day of reckoning ORIGINAL mix on cassette tape [3 copies]. I also own the Marshal Levy [semi official] records. I know pentagram very well. My pentagram collection of music is pretty awesome. U would be jelly. Lol

[@christophergordon7433]

@@jamie.777 these songs were taken from the Relapse release, dumbass. And I have all that stuff too. Settle down.

[@donaldboggs2553]

Best sounding demo I ever heard

[@bradders9743]

Unbelievably metal for 1983

[@spectrefate]

Just imagine if this was 1973

[@GoldenGateNum9]

🤘Amazing.. 13:08 pure eargasm, pure adrenaline.. so heavy for the time, personally I always feel a deeper connection to the soloing style of the 70's to the boring connect the dots overkill wank8ng style of the 80's, Metal till the end 🌹

[@jorgetavares2839]

Eu na época tinha 13 anos , umas das grandes bandas que me influenciaram a gostar de Rock and Roll. 👏👏👏

[@alexandervonmalachinski1762]

Hello from Germany: WTF, I ‘ve never heard from these guys! I love it!!!

[@SuperCreeper666]

Nicely done, my whole bonged out life. Sabbath-like licks. Pass me that Jack Daniels and Pizza

[@mike4927]

Excellent! Thank you

[@jorgeluisfragasantos3979]

😮Banda boa pra epoca ....valeu Mem

[@teleavision8819]

From 1967 to about 1973 Cream was a big influence on many of the early hard Bands.

[@GabAssbreaker]

They were one of the first bands that sounded really heavy, along with Blue Cheer and Vanilla Fudge. Clapton played some wild stuff in those years.

[@nicolasbeaudry6158]

@@GabAssbreakertotally man love all them bands. The early stoner and sludge precursor’s 🔥and listen to the first rush album fly by night That’s another killer album from a to z

[@justincook181]

Dust, Captain Beyond.

[@photoslum]

@@justincook181 Those are round 2

[@FuzzyDancingBear]

So good

[@mariocanales6678]

En la soledad más dura y fría en los días de invierno de Universidad esta banda y las otras de doom clásico me servían de refugio, en los bosques de la UNAH haciendo rituales mágicos

[@steveduguay7519]

Very good

[@muhammadnoorbinrohani39]

Bobby Liebling is the best doom metal Lead Vocalist in America & the world.

[@Cuckold_Cockles]

10000000000x agreed

[@jamie.777]

Hmmm.. toss up with Eric Wagner

[@GabAssbreaker]

@@jamie.777 Wagner was better, Bobby is more a 70s rock singer than a pure Doom Metal singer, Wagner and Messiah Marcolin are the voices of Doom.

[@jorgeluisfragasantos3979]

Essa Banda de Heavy Doom Metal tem um som sensacional gostei mesmo 😊❤❤❤❤

[@brianmoudry5066]

this is frikkin great !!! thx for postin.. just got off work..openin a beer an jammin this !!!

[@warmonger8799]

AWESOMENESS

[@AndreCosta-py6mj]

True heavy music. I love it!

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very very good lp end band.....................................................................................................................

[@agustinpadilla7385]

Siiiiiick 🔥

[@ibleedwhiskeyplanet1544]

I am blown the fuck away by this.

[@OhioRocks77]

Love it !

[@loborojinegro5104]

Me encantó esta banda no la conocía siento ke perdí la mitad de mi vida🖤🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@whytegroovin]

GROOVE ' N DOOM))) ON ...

[@coreeeey420]

If you like these guys you might enjoy another early '70s Heavy band called Iron Claw, from Scottland.

[@robertsalinas7623]

Estas canciones comparando a la musica en esos años 72 , habrían sido un éxito. Bobby desaprovecho un gran talento. Pero "Relentless" son trajo un gran trabajo. Que es unos de los mejores trabajos del doom metal de la historia del rock.

[@niemals9837]

Thanks for upload this.top canal

[@jessejames5335]

The 2 on the right reminded me about when i worked security at a venue. Caught a couple messing around in the storage closet. That's how they looked at me when i opened the door.

[@orlock5510]

Absolutely love this.

[@rubenmarcelobejarano9536]

Increíble, impresionante y estilo único como sonaban el bajista de locos,no tienen el reconocimiento que merecen, salta argent

[@drophatinc]

I saw these guys about 10 years ago in San Jose, Ca. Pretty good show.

[@rafaelhgorjiva3653]

Muy buenos hacia años que no los escuchaba,,me suenan mucho a black Sabbath,por lo tanto buenísimos, buenos años de muy buena música 🎵🎵🎵 un saludo desde Granada España..👍👍👍🍀🍀🍀👏👏👏

[@hanglooserecluse]

2 years before I breathed air

[@muhammadnoorbinrohani39]

Pentagram is the best doom metal band in America & the world.

[@embryonic7692]

I might agree with that. Atleast on of the best! Havn't heard all of doom metal in the existens, but they are definitely my go to and dear to the heart!

[@donaldboggs2553]

Funny thing is Bobby doesn't recognize pentagram as doom to him it's rock and roll

[@powerplantplanetuniverse5945]

It was back then. Heavy occult rock it was labeled in the early seventies...Blue Öyster Cult,Black Sabbath,Sir Lord Baltimore,Black Widow,Coven...if you know what I mean? The label stoner rock was coming up around 1989. Masters of Reality were the ones that got branded fist time as a stoner rock act!🤗😊😂🤩

[@pliskenx51mm83]

@@donaldboggs2553 Kind like Lemmy from Motorhead never considered Motorhead speed metal, or metal at all.

[@OscarMachado-jz2ku]

Uma das melhores bandas dos anos 70

[@janfideplat752]

C'est carrément bien et bon ce son 🤘😁👍

[@Frodojack]

Sounds like a mix of Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly and Black Sabbath.

[@jayjoejeanz]

Heavy, heavy, doomy gloomy, (gen X momma) loves this. Never discovered this band until 2023, now I’m hopelessly hooked. Starlady is my fave thus far. ….i love to get lost at the 2 minute mark…..I’m assuming the band name was what kept them from getting famous. Satanic panic 😱

[@canoshizrocks]

There's a wonderful documentary about Bobby Liebling that goes into detail about what kept them from making it, as well as what led to their eventual success. It's called Last Days Here! It's a must-watch for any Pentagram fan 😊

[@gacdregacdre4262]

Yea!

[@dayanagarcia-ie5rl]

🖤🤘

[@arnoroorda3201]

WTF! how did i never hear this before!? Sounds very good 🤟🏽 And definitely big insparation to black metal (?)......😈

[@pauloblacked]

Brutal great

[@MiserablePyre]

I always thought Bobby sounded like John Du Cann singing for Atomic Rooster on this record!

[@TheRocker27]

Far out. Groovy. Sounds good. Not as heavy as Sabbath or Purple. 🤘🃏🎸😎

[@peterdlugosinski7480]

The picture on this video is not the lineup on this demo. Only Bobby on vocals is correct.

[@RobotamechaIntelligenzija]

this kind of Stereo-Recording sounds amazing❣

[@donutlordband24]

20 buck spin not being at the end is cursed

[@dsanrox]

Animal!!!Sou colecionador de Vinil, a porra toda, olschool (não vejo direito) sonzeira!!!!!!

[@joejones9520]

started in alexandria, virginia. never got signed but came close.

[@l.salisbury1253]

Almost signed to CBS (thanx to connections with BoC) until Leibling learned the bigwigs were going to get him to sign away the rights to his songs, fire him then bring in a "better" vocalist! Leibling knew of this since someone left the studio intercom on! Almost signed to Casablanca! KISS were sent to recruit new talent and noticed Pentagram. They got to hangout with the BIGGEST band in America (Hell, the world!), ride in their limo... and see them without all that damn makeup! This deal fell through when they wouldn't let Paul Stanley (or Ace Frealy?) have the rights to "star lady". (KISS ended up signing the West Coast band ANGEL... whose ONLY long term claim-to-fame is Zappa wrote a song about them- "Punky's whips"!)

[@joejones9520]

@@l.salisbury1253 damn, that might be even worse than what Ive been thru never even remotely coming close to achieving anything with my bands but to have come that close and still fail...rough.

[@erikstorm8935]

@@l.salisbury1253 Bobby never had the *best* voice, especially back then. But he always had charisma on steroids! And, once he changed his singing style to what we all know and love, it was much better. Im guessing that was after the CBS thing? Nevertheless, he still had a decent voice even in his early Pentagram years. Plus, again, so much charisma!

[@scottbivins4051]

@@l.salisbury1253 Hey Angel was pretty good and Punky is and was one helluva guitar player.

[@nicoguarini28]

​@scottbivins4051 Lol A Helluva guitarist if your a pillow biter.......

[@rodrigoespindola6886]

Meu preferido... do caralho

[@near1477]

Tamo junto

[@jamiemetz3019]

Gotta love this old school stuff man...its definitely part of the whole movement that started in the early 70's......,theres a bunch of amazing stuff from some killer bands besides sabbath and deep purple 💜

[@christophergordon7433]

You forgot to add Hurricane. Recorded at the same studio 3 months later.

[@AstroZombie1977]

Sabbath y Zeppelin han estado muy calladitos desde que salio esta joyita 🔥🔥🔥

[@BOURUTORS]

MELODIES

[@shekharsharma1490]

Bad Ass ❤❤❤❤❤

[@silbertobarbosa2981]

Muito Bom!

[@greer776611]

When parents forget to watch their kids!

[@rrbh]

LOOK OUT !

[@enriqueducasse9754]

Before doom...

[@hmpz36911]

This IS doom.

[@whytegroovin]

NOPE ... JUST original DOOM)))

[@robertcooper411]

Its hard rock! Long may it continue.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

I love my incomplete Paul Chain collection.

[@loadedstrap]

Im seeing bobby in may!!

[@vladislavasbelkinas5504]

Super

[@loborojinegro5104]

La génesis del metal es más antigua de lo que uno cree. Lucifer Friends o Covenant de a principios de los 60s..

[@ProjetoDeLuxo]

Nota-se a forte influencia do Black sabbath, do vocalsita até no geito de solar do guitarista..

[@Hecatecrossways]

When the Screams Come sounds like Motorhead - Step Down

[@ProjetoDeLuxo]

Black Sabbath puro !!!!!!!

[@kkrotosongoku2716]

Sonzera da porra

[@emersongomes8000]

I've just come across the Black Metal grandfather...

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

Reminds me of Spinal Tap.

[@JakeBoswell-fm8xi]

Cant imagine what a bender was like with Pentagon and Black Sabbath was like

[@JakeBoswell-fm8xi]

How did they find there wat on stage 😂

[@yowfree3339]

Looks like the OGZ of black metal...but!... Its early doom metal...the facts

[@artoodiitoo]

Metallica's Reload album took some inspiration, I think

[@ChicoTheMan69]

That guy is throwing the horns long before Dio did it, Hmm...🤔 Maybe he got it from his grandma too. 😊

[@progrockjournal]

Only Jerusalem - Self-Titled album from 1971 was Heavy like this one...

[@progrockjournal]

or the Leslie West riffs...

[@samaelrising666]

Fucking great. The Sword, anyone?

[@ivark8201]

Thanks! Is this the first demo?

[@Drummermean2]

Yes

[@CarlosEduardo-vs3ug]

,,,DHORA

[@niemals9837]

Sound a little bit like the first saint vitus!

[@xaviermora8945]

El infierno. Pentagram

[@BOURUTORS]

CHRISTIUNS

[@plewlonehitknown4812]

Drive

[@BOURUTORS]

CHRISTINES

[@ТимофейМищенков-м6р]

heaviest in 73

[@overkill6403]

1 Black Sabbath 2 Pentagram 3 Witchfinder General

[@robertcooper411]

You got 1 and 2 in the wrong order.

[@BOURUTORS]

MELANIES

[@Hecatecrossways]

This sounds very dated. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was way ahead of its time the same year. That being said I like the fact that this sounds like 1969 from 1973 . Pentagram sounds like a Heavier Jethro Tull. They did back then, and still do.