Speed & Thrash Metal

CD FEATURES:• Extremely rare 3rd album• Fully remastered• 12-page booklet• Complete lyrics & photos• Restored original cover art• Second surprise bonus CD• Limited to 500 worldwideAvailable: March 1st, 2024.TRACK LISTING:1. Painful Reminder2. The Bludgeoning3. Guidance in Violence4. Intro5. Ded ..

After the release of “Warhead”, the band discovered a band in Florida named Iron Cross. This discovery would cause the Keystone IRON CROSS to change the band’s name to HOLOCROSS. The idea for the name came from a bad joke a friend of the band would make about Easter candy. The band thought combining..

FIRST ORDER was formed in 1985 in Brooklyn, New York, by Andy Elder, Morgan Liebman, Chris Berberian and Eric J. Morgan. In 1986 "The First Four" Demo is recorded at Bolt Studios in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, with Keith Alexander (Carnivore/Primal Scream) producing and Robbie Graham (Primal Scream) in atte..

WARFARE D.C. took shape during the late-'80s, formed from the remnants of little-known Daly City, CA metal unit Armament when drummer Will Carroll and guitarist Ted Aguilar joined forces with Ted's older brother, Rob, on bass. With the intention of moving in a more intense and thrash-centric directi..

Cult northern Virginia thrashers SILENCE got their start under the name of Necrosis circa 1987, releasing a three-song demo the following year. Minor lineup shifts found guitarists Sonny Mayo and Louie Denslow with vocalist Ben Gaither eventually joined by Jason Robinson on bass and John Mayes behin..

Led by guitarist/vocalist Joe Stumer, LEVIATHEN took shape in Bath, PA circa 1986. Having endured nearly a decade of slogging it out in the trenches, the trio's 1995 lineup was completed by Chris Dinan (bass/backing vocals) and Brian Riffle (drums). The Aggression Returns found the band dishing out ..

Led by guitarist/vocalist Joe Stumer, LEVIATHEN took shape in Bath, PA circa 1986. After a few thrash-tinged heavy metal demos and shifts in lineup, the group settled in as a power trio rounded out by Jay Bybee (bass/vocals) and Jim Vacca (drums/vocals). Following appearances on underground compilat..

Led by guitarist/vocalist Joe Stumer, LEVIATHEN took shape in Bath, PA circa 1986. By the time of their 1993 return to Skylab Studios in Princeton, NJ, Stumer and drummer/vocalist Jim Vacca had been joined by Chris Dinan on bass/backing vocals. The end result was the band's lone self-released full-l..

Reformed in 2009 after an initial early-'90s run that surprisingly yielded no recorded output (but saw the group sharing the stage with everyone from Bolt Thrower and Cannibal Corpse to Confessor and Type O Negative), Raleigh, NC thrash unit GROSS REALITY has returned once more with the long-awaited..

Lesser-known thrashers FALLEN ANGEL formed in Örebro, Sweden during the late-'80s, founded by vocalist/guitarist Johan Bülow and drummer Fredrik Linden. The group debuted with a five-song demo in 1988, rumored to have been issued in as little as 30 copies, before - having secured Joacim Persson (gui..

ENTROPY formed in Brampton, Ontario, Canada in 1989 after ex-members of a band called Aftermath—Ger Schreinert (vocals), Aldo Arbitrante (guitar), and Steve Maclaren (bass)—hooked up with guitarist Dan Lauzon through an ad in the Toronto Sun, before bringing in drummer Darren Foster. By 1991, the gr..

TRACK LISTING:1. Intro / No Te Detendrás2. Hacia Las Estrellas3. Aliado Del Mal4. Más Allá de la Muerte5. Traición6. No Te Dejes Atrapar7. Adicto A La Velocidad..