TESTAMENT
Testament: The Early Years — From Legacy Demos to Bay Area Thrash PowerhouseTestament’s early line-up cut their teeth on the Bay Area circuit. Origins: From Garage Riffs to the Bay…
ANTHRAX SPREADING THE DISEASE
Ok here we go with ANTHRAX Spreading the Disease from 1985. The second real album. By now Joey Belladonna has got his feet firmly entrenched in in Anthrax and they…
EXODUS Bonded By Blood
EXODUS Bonded by Blood is the debut album from these California Thrashers. Musically this is a really good albums but I’ve got to admit I’ve never really given these lads…
KREATOR Endless Pain
KREATOR Endless Pain is the debut release from this long running German thrash band released back in 1985. Like the other German bands of the time the band recorded this…
MORTAL SIN Mayhemic Destruction
Up until this point, Australia was really only known for AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. Two Great bands, but it was time to get some metal on the radar for my…
TESTAMENT The Legacy
Here we go with the second wave of thrash metal and genre leaders TESTAMENT with their album The Legacy. Released in 1987 by Nuclear Blast records, Testament quickly grew their…
VENOM Black Metal
VENOM BLACK METAL VENOM Black Metal from 1982 was next on the agenda for this Newcastle trio. After the cult success of their first album “Welcome to Hell” the band…
SLAYER Hell Awaits
Here we go with the second album from one of my all time favorate bands. SLAYER Hell Awaits, released in 1985 follows on from their first effort Show No Mercy,…
KREATOR
In the global landscape of thrash metal, Germany carved out its own ferocious chapter during the 1980s, with bands like Destruction, Sodom, and Kreator leading the charge. Among these titans,…
DESTRUCTION Sentence of Death
DESTRUCTION Sentence of Death like much of the thrash metal scene from Germany at the time shows an early version of this band. For my money it sits well along…