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Atomkraft
12+ albums
heavy metalspeed metalNWOBHMthrash metalmetal
about
The roots of Atomkraft date back to the summer of 1979, when Tony ‘Demolition’ Dolan and Paul Spillett got together with the intention to form a band. Initially, going under the name of Moral Fibre and playing Punk Rock, they recruited guitarists Ian Legg and Chris Taylor. Ian Legg then left to be replaced by Ian Drew who also subsequently left. However the band continued to operate as a trio. Atomkraft On returning from a trip to Bremen, Germany, Chris presented his band mates with some button badges featuring the environmental slogan ‘Atomkraft, Nein Danke!’ (Nuclear Power, No Thanks!) They liked the way the word Atomkraft sounds and so adopted it as the band name, believing it suits the new ‘metal’ sound they pursued. In the endeavour for something more metal and less punk they got rid of Chris. After trying out a couple of guitarists they settled on Steve White, whom Tony knew from his art class at college. Another member of Tony’s art class, Mark Irvine, joined on bass. With Tony on rhythm guitar and vocals and Paul on drums the new line-up played four shows. Unfortunately, Mark’s parents disapproved of his heavy metal image and lifestyle and so persuaded him to quit the band. Tony switched back to bass and the band was able to continue. Demon In 1981 the band recorded the four song demo ‘Demon’ at Impulse studios, this being funded by band member Paul Spillett who was the only one working at the time and with the help of Keith Nicol. It was their first ‘proper’ d
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albums
Future Warriors
Total Metal - The Neat Anthology (Bonus Track Edition)
Queen Of Death
Total Metal - The Neat Anthology
Conductors Of Noize
Total Metal - The Neat Anthology (disc 1)
Total Metal - The Neat Anthology (disc 2)
Total Metal: The Neat Anthology
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Conductors Of Noise (Ep)
Queen Of Death (EP)
Total Metal - The Neat Anthology (CD 1)
Cold Sweat