Just by looking at this cover you'd probably think this is 3rd-rate Christian Metal, and you'd be wrong. This happens to be one of those really obscure Thrash records that collectors shell out 300 bucks for. Is it worth that much? No. It is damn good though. Stylistically, Angel Dust were kind of "behind the times"; still carrying much NWOBHM influence with them on the release of this album. In 1988, that just wasn't cutting-edge enough. Metalheads were too infatuated with the evolving Death Metal sound that was raising so many figurative bars and literal eyebrows. Few were interested in a band that sounded as much like Exciter as they did Slayer. Today, people drool over "dated" relics of the 80's, so much so that Ed Repka probably gets commisioned more now than he did then. But this post isn't about shitty art, it's about an exhumed Thrash gem that I think you'll like.
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