Normally I try to avoid unofficial releases of actual albums. I’m fine with picking up a live Led Zep record from a show in the in 1970s, but I wouldn’t buy some bootleg copy of Houses of the Holy. The former gives me access to something that the band themselves never put out. The latter […]
Tag: Thrash
Mace – “Process Of Elimination” (1985) and “The Evil In Good” (1987)
Mace were a crossover thrash/hardcore band from about 30 minutes up the highway in Everett, Washington. Everett is a port city probably best known for its Navy base. It’s working class and sees itself very separate from it’s much larger neighbor to the south, Seattle. Mace played a ton locally, opening for larger acts like […]
From The Vault – N.M.E. – “Unholy Death” (1986)
The below was posted on the original version of Life in the Vinyl Lane back on July 28, 2018. I made a few small edits and added a bit of content, specifically from an interview with N.M.E. vocalist Brian Llapitan that appeared in the 2020 book Rusted Metal: A Guide to Heavy Metal and Hard […]
Destructor – “Cleveland Was MADE For Metal!!!” (2012)
Destructor rose leather-clad from the mean streets of 1980s Cleveland to preach the thrash gospel. Taking on noms-de-metal like Dave Overkill and Paul Warhead they brought forth riffs and angst and apparently a hatred of Michael Jackson. Cleveland was made for metal not Michael Jackson! they shout from the stage prior to the song “Iron […]
Destruction – “Sentence of Death” (1984)
Destruction are considered part of the “Big Four” of German thrash bands, alongside Kreator, Sodom, and Tankard. I of course did not know this when I picked up Sentence of Death at Rough Trade during our visit to New York City a few months ago. What I did know, however, is these guys look like […]