Genre: Speed/Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1984
1. Beyond The Black
2. Metal Church
3. Merciless Onslaught
4. Gods Of Wrath
5. Hitman
6. In The Blood
7. (My Favourite) Nightmare
8. Battalions
9. Highway Star (Deep Purple cover)
Debut album by Metal Church. It is a great combination of thrash and speed metal. Kurdt Vanderhoof's riffs in all of the songs are fast, memorable, precise and skillful, while David Wayne sang his heart out hitting high-scale keys perfectly with a raspy growl towards it.