Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare (1988)
Best thing Robb Flynn ever did. This is thrash to the core. Nothing else going on here but thrash. No death metal, no prog, no clean singing, just pure thrash that updates
Bonded by Blood for the late-80s thrash fan.
The band name is ****ing perfect. This **** is indeed violent, quite possibly the most brutal non-death thrash thrash metal release of all-time, and it most certainly puts the majority of those those bands to shame anyway. The spastic riffs, the crushing breakdowns, the crunchy production, the gang shouts-from-hell, and the I-don't-give-a-****-if-these-vocals-are-melodic all make this a thrash metal release of the most myopic yet fully realized kind. Intense is not even the correct word.
If the riffs to "Kill on Command" or the gang shouts in "Bodies on Bodies" don't get your ass in a mosh pit then we are enemies.