Extreme Noise Terror

History

Extreme Noise Terror formed in early 1985 in Ipswich, England, originally consisting of dual vocalists Dean Jones and Phil Vane, guitarist Pete Hurley, bassist Jerry Clay and drummer Darren Ollie (Pig Killer). Prior to ENT, Phil and Pete had played with Discharge influenced acts Victims Of War and Freestate, whilst Dean had been singing with Raw Noise along with Pig Killer on drums.

Shortly after a solitary gig with fellow punks Chaos UK the band signed up to the small UK based indie label Manic Ears. Their first and only release for the label was a split LP with Chaos UK in 1986 entitled 'Radioactive/Earslaughter' which firmly stamped their caustic arrival all over an unsuspecting music scene, mixing metallic aggression with punk attitude, leaving an indelible impact, helped in no small way by (at the time) a totally original barbaric double vocal attack.

The band name came from a design on an insert to an album by the Dutch band L