Unseen Terror was a British extreme metal band formed by Mitch Dickinson and Shane Embury, and played extreme metal with a technical edge along with elements of hardcore punk. Their most notable feat took place in March 1988, when they recorded tracks for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 program.
History
The band formed after the demise of Warhammer, who comprised Wayne Aston, Mike Clarke, Mitch Dickinson, Shane Embury. Unseen Terror was named after Mitch Dickinson was listening to Septic Death. The song "Terrorain" by Septic Death has the lyric "Unseen Death - Terrorain". The Chernobyl disaster was fresh in the minds of many at the time, and Dickinson thought of the term "Unseen Terror", as the radiation in the air around the area of the disaster was invisible. The band was founded in early 1986 by singer/guitarist Mitch Dickinson and Shane Embury. The duo wrote many songs together as a two piece band during mid 1986 - mid 1987. These tracks were recorded on to cassette during rehearsals. These rehearsal tapes were subsequently distributed on an international level via the tape trading network of the time. These tapes caught the attention of Digby Pearson who later founded Earache Records. A few months into 1987 the band were invited to contribute two tracks to the compilation LP Diminished Responsibility, and the group landed a record contract at Earache Records. Just after the recording the tracks for this compilation LP, the band recruited Pete Giles as their bass player. This line up did not last very long. Earache Records booked the recording studio for the recording of Human Error during a time when there were various difficulties occurring for the band. These unchangeable dates in September 1987 for the recording ultimately meant that Dickinson and Embury had no choice but to fulfil the agreement with Earache. The original album back cover photographs were taken on location in Broseley, Shropshire, England. After their debut album, Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris joined the band as singer. The band were invited by John Walters to a recording session for BBC Radio One, and a one-off performance in Nottingham with bassist Wayne Aston. The Peel sessions were released as a limited 12" EP in the UK and a CD in the US. These releases remained as collectors items. More recently, re-releases occurred on the Earache compilation Grind Madness at the BBC.
