Tape trading network

demo circulation network · worldwide

Founded

1983

City

worldwide

Status as of 5 September 2026

ended with the internet

Connections

8 edges, 8 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.014 (rank 38 of 371) · people and production 0.000 (rank 363)

Confidence

High · sources: [W] [JPMS] [LSN] [IOE] [MUD] (register)

The last global network before the internet, in the scholarly account: bands, zine writers, fans, promoters and label staff circulating demos by post. Chuck Schuldiner trades internationally before Death has a record; the Stockholm scene circulates the Florida demos through the Heavy Sound shop; Nihilist's demos travel the other way.

Connections

Labels, festivals, tours, collaborations

• collaborationComatose fanzine1985 to 1990
• collaborationHeavy SoundThe Stockholm shop where the demos circulate1980s
• collaborationAce's Records1980s
• appearedNecrophagiaSeason of the Dead demos on the circuit alongside Mantas and Death1984 to 1986
• appearedMorbid AngelAbominations of Desolation and Thy Kingdom Come reach Digby Pearson1986 to 1987
• appearedDeathSchuldiner trades internationally before Death has a record; the Mantas and Death demos1984 to 1987
• appearedMassacreAggressive Tyrant and Chamber of Ages1986
• appearedNihilistThe Stockholm demos travel the other way1988 to 1989