"This decent North American comp has something for every musical taste: powerful hardcore, funnypunk, melodic rock, reggae, a 70’s cover and a couple of mid-tempo standard tunes. F.O.D., A.O.D., DISSONANCE, and SCRAM stand out from the pack, but there could have been better tracks from the name bands overall."
Another bootleg CD of rare 80's USHC. The KREMLIN KORPS EP is missing the song 'Abyss' even though it's listed. The NEGATIVE APPROACH set sounds like shit but features two unknown songs that don't appear anywhere else. PREMATURE BABY'S kinda suck.
Released the same time as the War Between The States-SOUTH tape I just posted. Like many comps, this one's hit and miss. Ripped from the recent CD-R reissue.
Cassette comp of mostly obscure USHC bands from the American South (with the exception of a few from Michigan and California. I know California is in the southern half of the States but not considered a Southern state, if you catch my drift). Ripped from a recent reissue of the 1989 pressing.
Fast HC from Michigan. Not to be confused with the recently reissued KBD band from California. You may have heard them before on the Tim Yohannan comp I posted back in 2015. Or not, I dunno.
KBD HC from Battle Creek, Michigan. First heard these guys through their cut 'Killed In Jail' off the Bloodstains Across The Midwest comp. Newly re-ripped from the 2024 reissue.
The pride of Kalamazoo, Michigan. This bootleg 7" includes their 1982 demo plus tracks from the Process Of Elimination and Master Tape Vol. 2 comps. The big question is, when will Alona's Dream Records put out a Violent Apathy discography LP? Since they've done releases by fellow Midwesterners Bored Youth and Necros, seems like they'd be the label to do it. Make it happen yo!
The same band from Ann Arbor, Michigan who put out that classic "No Illusions" EP back in 1983. You know the one I'm talking about. This was their first release (of new material) since the 80's and as far as comeback records go, I think it's pretty good. They've released a bunch of 7"s since then that are also worth checking out if you dig this album.
"Sauron stands in opposition to "clean" and "professional." Thrash metal is, was, and always will be dirty, violent, and evil. If we wanted to be professional musicians, we would be playing shitty covers of crappy blues and classic rock songs in bars full of idiots who know nothing about music. Or we'd be trying to make it big playing catchy pop music of some sort. Our shows are intended to be fast and loose. Attitude and energy matter a lot more than tightness. We strictly tune to "good enough for thrash." We're usually drunk when we play, and our fans wouldn't have it any other way. If you have a problem with this, go fuck yourself. If you don't like our music, go fuck yourself. If you don't like the fact that we have songs about Satan and the Lord of the Rings, go fuck yourself. Our releases come out when they are ready to. They take forever because a) we have other shit to do, b) we want them to be as good as they can be, and c) we're busy drinking. Deal with it. We're broke, so we don't have the best gear. In fact, it's all pretty much crap that we bought on the cheap or were given. At least we are better off than the old days, when we had our own guitars and drums and just borrowed everything else. Again, deal with it. We came here to thrash. Fuck off and die!"
This demo tape came out a year before their debut CD, "Thrash Assault", which I recommend if you're into bands like Kreator, Destruction and Bathory. Shortly after I posted this, I discovered Planet Metal Records has just reissued 'Thrash Assault'. As a bonus, they've included this demo and an unreleased song, "March Of The Vandals". So do yourself a favor and buy that shit and while you're at it, check out their 2nd album 'Satanic Assassins' on Witches Brew.
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