Mordred - Fool's Game

 

Genre: Thrash/Funk
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1989

1. State Of Mind
2. Spectacle Of Fear
3. Every Day's A Holiday
4. Spellbound
5. Sever And Splice
6. The Artist
7. Shatter
8. Reckless Abandon
9. Super Freak
10. Numb

Debut album by Mordred. It is an album well worth a listen, a strong record with a unique sound. What makes the sound of this album special are the funk elements the quintet weaves into some songs. 

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Dyoxen - First Among Equals

Genre: Thrash
Country: Canada
Year: 1989


1. First Among Equals
2. The Essence Of Ignorance
3. Citizen Soldier
4. Holocaust (Fall In Grace)
5. Abuse
6. Overcome
7. Foot From The Edge
8. Sooner Than You Think
9. Contaminated

Debut album by Dyoxen. The group relies on fast riffs, the occasional complex riff structure and slightly high pitched melodic singing. The songs are structured in a way that guarantees a complete lack of boredom and indifference for any listener.

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Living Death - Worlds Neuroses

Genre: Thrash
Country: Germany
Year: 1989

1. Last Birthday
2. Die Young
3. Schizophrenia
4. On The 17th Floor
5. Down
6. Worlds Neuroses
7. Bastard (At The Busstop)
8. The Testament Of Mr. George
9. Sacred Chao
10. Tuesday

4th album by Living Death. There are some differences compared to their earlier releases. Bergmann's screaming is missing, but there are plenty of great riffs, pounding drums and their well-known way of thrash. The production is quite good, perhaps the best in their career.

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Testament - Practice What You Preach

Genre: Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1989

1. Practice What You Preach
2. Perilous Nation
3. Envy Life
4. Time Is Coming
5. Blessed In Contempt
6. Greenhouse Effect
7. Sins Of Omission
8. The Ballad
9. Nightmare (Coming Back To You)
10. Confusion Fusion

3rd album by Testament. It introduced a wider array of lyrical topics, vocal styles and guitar melodies to their already impressive formula. They chose to change their style towards maybe a bit more "accessible" format and the output was destined to divide opinions.

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Hydra Vein - After The Dream

Genre: Thrash
Country: England
Year: 1989


1. 7-U-S-C
2. Pro Patria
3. Born Through Ignorance
4. Passed Present / No Future
5. Turning Point
6. After The Dream

2nd album by Hydra Vein. It sounds very much the same as the group's debut and a tiny bit more aggressive than before. Mid-paced british thrash at its finest, with an excellent artwork, nice production and with 6 thrashers clocking near 30 minutes.

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Mortal Sin - Face Of Despair

Genre: Thrash
Country: Australia
Year: 1989

1. I Am Immortal
2. Voyage Of The Disturbed
3. The Infantry Corps
4. For Richer For Poorer
5. Martyrs Of Eternity
6. Innocent Torture
7. Suspended Animation
8. H
9. Terminal Reward
10. Robbie Soles

2nd album by Mortal Sin. This release has a lot of noteworthy riffing here and there, but only a few songs are real gems. It seems the group has lost the debut's aggression and came closer to Bay Area sound, loosing some of their authenticity. Nevertheless, it is still a solid thrash album.

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Paradox - Heresy

Genre: Thrash/Speed/Power
Country: Germany
Year: 1989

1. Heresy
2. Search For Perfection
3. Killtime
4. Crusaders Revenge
5. The Burning
6. Massacre Of The Cathars
7. Serenity
8. 700 Years On
9. Castle In The Wind

2nd album by Paradox. It was by far their most popular effort up to that point and the album that put them on the metal map. There is more melodic riffing, compared to their debut, and here, Paradox churned together Bay Area-oriented thrash with power metal most successfully.

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Onslaught - In Search Of Sanity

Genre: Thrash/Heavy
Country: England
Year: 1989

1. Asylum
2. In Search Of Sanity
3. Shellshock
4. Lightning War
5. Let There Be Rock (AC/DC cover)
6. Blood Upon The Ice
7. Welcome To Dying
8. Power Play

The 3rd album by Onslaught, found them changing for a third time their vocalist (after their label's request for more mainstream vocals). Steve Grimmett (Grim Reaper) gives his best in a solid record, where the band has lost their earlier aggression and thrashiness. Of course, thrashers of that era got dissappointed by these movements and that was, probably, the reason of their split up.

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King Diamond - Conspiracy

Genre: Heavy/Speed
Country: Denmark
Year: 1989

1. At The Graves
2. Sleepless Nights
3. Lies
4. A Visit From The Dead
5. The Wedding Dream
6. ‘Amon’ Belongs To ‘Them’
7. Something Weird
8. Victimized
9. Let It Be Done
10. Cremation

4th album by King Diamond and the 2nd part of the sequel, following 'Them'. It is just all-out speed metal at its very best. It is an absolute gem that is a fantastic combination of King's high-pitched vocals, Andy La Rocque and Pete Blakk's shred fest and the amount of rhythm and tempo changes in the songs.

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M.O.D. - Gross Misconduct

Genre: Crossover/Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1989

1. No Hope
2. No Glove No Love
3. True Colors
4. Accident Scene
5. Godzula
6. E Factor
7. Gross Misconduct
8. Satan's Cronies
9. In The City (Fear cover)
10. Come As You Are
11. Vents
12. Theme
13. P.B.M.
14. The Ride
15. Dark Night

2nd album by M.O.D.. Here you can find improvement in terms of sounds and production, compared to their debut. The riffs are very good and in some parts very similar to Anthrax, mixing thrash metal and hardcore very well.

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Scanner - Terminal Earth

Genre: Power
Country: Germany
Year: 1989

1. The Law
2. Not Alone
3. Wonder
4. Buy Or Die
5. Telemania
6. Touch The Light
7. Terminal Earth
8. From The Dust Of Ages
9. The Challenge
10. L.A.D.Y.

2nd album by Scanner. The major difference with their successful debut is the replacement of Michael Knoblich with S.L. Coe, behind the mic. Elsewhere, Terminal Earth is quite a close successor to Hypertrace, with fans arguing about the better voice! Catchy, happy speed/power of high quality!

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Mekong Delta - The Principle Of Doubt

Genre: Progr.Techn.Thrash
Country: Germany
Year: 1989

1. A Question Of Trust
2. The Principle Of Doubt
3. Once I Believed
4. Ever Since Time Began
5. Curse Of Reality
6. Twilight Zone (Lord Fouls Hort)
7. Shades Of Doom
8. The Jester
9. El Colibri
10. No Friend Of Mine

3rd album by Mekong Delta. It is, without a doubt, one of the band's most technical as well as diverse recordings. They have some of the best early progressive thrash songwriting, strangely catchy ideas and riffs and truly strange and ominous soundscapes.

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Dark Angel - Leave Scars

Genre: Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1989

1. The Death Of Innocence
2. Never To Rise Again
3. No One Answers
4. Cauterization
5. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover)
6. Older Than Time Itself
7. Worms
8. The Promise Of Agony
9. Leave Scars

Dark Angel's 3rd album introduced Ron Rinehart as the band's new vocalist, who's style is not significantly different from Don Doty's. This release shows definite progression in band's style. This is where Dark Angel found the perfect balance of raging thrash and their more proggish tendencies. Imagine the breakneck speeds and killer riffs of 'Darkness Descends' mixed with more varied tempos and ambitious song structures.

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Heavens Gate - In Control

Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: Germany
Year: 1989

1. The Gate
2. In Control
3. Turn It Down
4. Surrender
5. Hot Fever
6. Tyrants
7. Path Of Glory
8. Shadows
9. This Flight Tonight (Joni Mitchell cover)
10. Cry It Out

Debut album by Heavens Gate. In the vein of early Helloween, the band managed to develop their own identity and produced a release of solid teutonic heavy/power metal. Melodic riffing, in times epic with a magnificent singer, Thomas Rettke.

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Obituary - Slowly We Rot

Genre: Death
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1989

1. Internal Bleeding
2. Godly Beings
3. 'Til Death
4. Slowly We Rot
5. Immortal Visions
6. Gates To Hell
7. Words Of Evil
8. Suffocation
9. Intoxicated
10. Deadly Intentions
11. Bloodsoaked
12. Stinkupuss

Debut album by Obituary. The violence here expressed by these young musicians was an example for the generation of deathsters to come. Everything here is so obscure, sick and brutal, starting from the bestial, animalistic John Tardy’s vocals. First project for legendary producer Scott Burns.

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Overkill - The Years Of Decay

Genre: Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1989

1. Time To Kill
2. Elimination
3. I Hate
4. Nothing To Die For
5. Playing With Spiders / Skullkrusher
6. Birth Of Tension
7. Who Tends The Fire
8. The Years Of Decay
9. E.vil N.ever D.ies

4th album by Overkill. This is one of Overkill's more varied albums. The style they started to develop on 'Under The Influence' is here perfected. A core of dark, heavy and violent thrash riffs keeps kicking you in the face, yet remain that melodic touch. The songs are always long and quite complicated in their riffs.

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Lawnmower Deth & Metal Duck - Mower Liberation Front / Quack 'Em All (Split Lp)

Genre: Crossover/Thrash
Country: England
Year: 1989

Lawnmower Deth
1. MLF
2. Drink To Be Sick
3. Umph Umlah
4. Thermo-nuclear War Is Good For Your Complexion
5. Seventh Church Of The Apocalyptic Lawnmower
6. Nothingness
7. Watch Out Granma, Here Comes A Lawnmower
8. Lawnmower's Rampage In The Jungle
9. I Got The Clap And My Knob Fell Off
10. Nasal Infection
11. I Don't Want Your Problems, Commit Suicide
12. Scar Face 13. Bavarian Drinking Song 14. Fuck Off

Metal Duck
15. Destruction Song 16. Stepping Stone To Hell
17. Pek Yr Ass 18. Bombay Duck 19. NxDxQxC
20. Cheese Puff Death Squad
21. March Of The Metal Duck To The Duck Ponds Of Hell
22. Rod, Jane And Freddy's Total Noise Annihilation
23. Der Der Der
24. Oo Er, I've Got A Sore Throat

Split album by two representatives of the british crossover/thrash, Lawnmower Deth and Metal Duck. This was for both bands their very first official release. Very primitive crossover filled with thrash elements and humour, that parodies death and thrash metal. The production sucks a bit, but the whole result worths some listens.

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Kreator - Extreme Aggression

Genre: Thrash
Country: Germany
Year: 1989


1. Extreme Aggression
2. No Reason To Exist
3. Love Us Or Hate Us
4. Stream Of Consciousness
5. Some Pain Will Last
6. Betrayer
7. Don't Trust
8. Bringer Of Torture
9. Fatal Energy

4th album by Kreator. The tracks feature some of the best riffs Kreator ever recorded and in combination with other general improvements in compositions, production and even lyrics, the results are nothing short of stunning. The album is loaded with all the characteristic attributes of the genre, from deadly riffs to solid drumming. The production is superior to their earlier attempts, being more clear and more even in the mix.

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Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

Genre: Thrash/Death
Country: Brazil
Year: 1989

1. Beneath The Remains
2. Inner Self
3. Stronger Than Hate
4. Mass Hypnosis
5. Sarcastic Existence
6. Slaves Of Pain
7. Lobotomy
8. Hungry
9. Primitive Future

3rd album by Sepultura and my favorite one. It is brutal, relentless and one of the pinnacle thrash and death metal albums of the '80s. Speed, technicality, great songwriting and quality riffing are the elements that characterize this release.

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Viper - Theatre Of Fate

Genre: Power/Speed
Country: Brazil
Year: 1989

1. Illusions
2. At Least A Chance
3. To Live Again
4. A Cry From The Edge
5. Living For The Night
6. Prelude To Oblivion
7. Theatre Of Fate
8. Moonlight

2nd album by Viper. One of my favorite power metal albums ever. It has everything and everything is perfect here! Exciting guitarwork, great vocals, a solid rhythm section and amazing melodies influenced most by Helloween and classical music. 

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