Pentagram - High Voltage: Live At Spotsylvania '78 Vinyl

Pentagram:  Alexandria, Virginia.  You can't talk about heavy metal without talking about Pentagram. The legendary D.C. band has been committed to the dark arts for more than forty years, and has only recently seen the kind of recognition its legacy deserves.

This is an extremely rare recording when the band was a 5 piece with 2 guitar players.

“Live at Spotsylvania” captures Pentagram performing an all-night backyard concert in Spotsylvania, Virginia, at bassist Martin Sweeney’s mother’s house, in front of roughly 500 fans camping out for the weekend. Recorded around 1978 during the band’s short “High Voltage” era, the show began at 1 a.m. on a foggy night and featured rare songs with a raw, powerful performance. The audio blends a low-level board mix with ambient mic recording for surprisingly strong sound quality. A memorable moment came when a firecracker went off perfectly on the beat during the heavy second half of “20 Buck Spin,” echoing through the trees. - Bobby Liebling