On this day, 7 December 1983, post-punk band Killing Joke played Cardiff’s New Ocean Club.
In 1983 the band released Fire Dances and its single, "Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)", the first Killing Joke single to be promoted with a music video. Another non-album single, "Me or You?", was released in October.
It was the band’s fourth album and the first to feature new bassist Paul Raven.
Fire Dances was generally well received by music critics. NME called it "their best [album] yet, and also likely to be their biggest."
PopMatters and Trouser Press both qualified the album as "superb", with the latter describing the album's mood as "brighter" and "more joyous" than previous records.
