Both Holy Terror LPs are masterpieces. Such a unique sounding band! I used to be loyal to "Mind Wars", but I gotta say the 1st album grew on me with time and is now just as perfect to my ears.
Yep, from Colombia. They are my favorite retro thrash band. Killer riffs borrowing from classic thrash, and the latest album ("No Anesthesia") has more traditional heavy metal influences as well.
That VIRTUE 7" is some of the best heavy metal ever. An original copy in near mint condition sold recently on Ebay for more than I could afford (about 130 English Pounds if memory serves me right?) -- I'll settle with the Phoenix bootleg for now. The 1987 demo is pretty cool too, but nowhere as perf...
The best Sabbath I've heard is that live soundboard recording from August 1975 at Asbury Park, NJ, USA. So amazing! I was happy to find out a part of that recording was released as a bootleg LP recently (it's entitled "Still Paranoid in '75" and I believe it originates from Germany).
It was just reissued as a LP -- awesome obscure thrash metal from Louisiana. They had a forgettable track on a later Metal Massacre compilation, but this demo blows it away in every possible way.