Intro… Actually just a clip from "No Glam Fags" by MX MACHINE.
EPIDEMIC - Hate Aggressive death/thrash with a strong SLAYER influence (demo version).
ONLY LIVING WITNESS - Complex Man Early 7" track from the famous Boston hardcore band.
THE HORDE OF TORMENT - Alive Within Sounds like an East Coast version of FORBIDDEN, though like many of the bands here they are actually from Los Angeles.
RUINED - No Love Groovy thrash metal with quite a bit of crossover, particularly in Bill Crooks' vocals.
EXTREMA - Join Hands I would never have guessed this band was from Italy given their crossover sound and funky bass. Taken from their 1991 demo, this song later appeared on their 1993 CD Tension At The Seams.
DIE THEORY - Not Of The Body The combination of thrash riffs, noodly guitars, and screaming proto-death vocals is interesting but ultimately unsatisfying.
KAOS - Open Your Past Bay area thrash metal with similarities to DEATH ANGEL. Lots of riffs, but none of them seem to stick.
Tracklist side B:
PENANCE - Crosses We Bear Stoner metal with cowbell from the post-DREAM DEATH band. Reappeared 2 years later on Parallel Corners as "Crosses".
SLAMBODIANS - Never Better Than Late SCATTERBRAIN style alterna-metal.
ARMOURED ANGEL - Castration Fast paced death/thrash from Australia with riffs galore.
ATOMICAUST - From Shallows To Fathoms An old favorite of mine from the north-of-Boston thrash scene. Moving in a more progressive direction (by the time of this release they had already changed their name to NERVE WOMB), this song has some great parts but overall tries to do too much.
AREA 51 - Abduction MISFITS inspired thrash metal from Las Vegas, NV.
THE GUFF - Cringe Live-in-the-studio recording of some crappy crossover thrash.
SUBJUGATOR - Perpetual Decline Tight Boston thrash metal with hardcore leanings. Taken from a demo which was also released as a 7" EP in 1992.
STYGIAN - Behind Death's Door Demo version of a great thrash metal track which sounds like a cross between BLOOD FEAST and, not surprisingly, Gary Golwitzer's previous band WRATH.