Razor - Evil Invaders (1985)
This is so ****ing raw that it defies belief. I guess this would be what
Darkness Descends or
Pleasure to Kill would sound like if the band stuck a bit closer to Motorhead. One of those bands that makes Canada just barely worthy of not nuking.
There's a period of thrash, between '83 and '86, when the genre had not yet developed its trademark, generic sound, and the bands from this time were generally more individual than the bands that followed. Razor were one of those first wave bands, and as such sounded like themselves rather than a watered down version of Slayer (though I can hear Slayer in there). So if you're coming into this album hoping for yet another THRASH album, then you might be a tad disappointed, as it sounds like punk-as-**** speed metal that is so ugly it borders on 1st wave black metal.
Yeah all the songs sound the same, but since they all sound awesome who the **** cares?