Phew….what a list, some killer vinyl rarities from Pantera, Bolthrower, Cynic, Sadus, Blind illusion and more……
Rare 1984 US black & silver label variant 10-track LP, self-released on the group’s own Metal Magic Records, full info here Mega rare debut 1983 first US issue 10-track LP, self released on the band’s own Metal Magic Records [red & black label] & featuring their first vocalist, Terry Glaze, picture sleeve complete with the original A4 fan club insert, full info here 1990 Dutch 10-track LP, the first to feature vocalist Steev Esquivel, including their Thrash cover of Iron Maiden’s ‘Killers’, full info here 1991 German 11-track LP, including a Thrash version of Edgar Winter’s classic ‘Frankenstein’ & the dramatically titled ‘Nice Day… For A Funeral’, full info here Groundbreaking Progressive Fusion Metal 1991 first issue Dutch 8-track LP, one of the most original works of the era & the hyperbole that surrounds it is truly justified in this case! Full info here Insane debut by the Florida pioneers of ultra fast Sci-Fi Progressive Death Metal, full info here 1992 Dutch 9-track LP, which kept up with the times & was less Thrash & more Death Metal, including Steve DiGiorgio’s mind-blowing bass work just prior to joining Death, full info here (1989 UK 11-track LP, the second album from the British Death Metal/Thrash legends, gatefold picture sleeve, full info here Cult 1988 UK 8-track LP, the debut album from the Californian Psychedelic Prog-Thrash Metallers, featuring a pre-Primus Les Claypool & Larry LaLonde, full info here 1991 UK double LP compilation, documenting the best of Venom’s hellaciously distorted speed blast across eighteen tracks, full info here 1991 German first issue 8-track LP by these legendary blood-stained Swedes, heralded as a milestone for the then-burgeoning Swedish Death Metal scene, full info here One of Germany’s finest Progressive Death Metal acts, also released in the States as ‘Longing For Death’, full info here First Earache issue 1989 UK 10-track Picture Disc LP, the debut ‘first in the alphabet’ album from the pioneering Florida-based Death Metallers, full info here 1993 UK Earache original 10-track LP, one of the best selling Death Metal albums of its era, & the third by the Florida pioneers, full info here A jawdropping release from the out-of-space Progressive Thrash Metallers, full info here 1990 UK 11-track LP, featuring lyrics & bass work by founding member Rob De Luca, previously of UFO, full info here 1988 UK 22-track LP by the Grindcore meisters, glossy picture sleeve with lyric insert, full info here An Earache classic for the well seasoned Thrash fan, complete with the eight-page heavily illustrated lyric booklet, full info here Killer 1992 UK 3-track 12″ EP, also featuring A Means To An End & Insanity Excursion, full info here Cult 1992 German 9-track LP by the Thrash Metal band from Essen, full info here
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