BATHORY – Out Of The Black Hole Bernard Doe Metal Forces, Issue 24 (1987) Bathory first came to the attention of the world’s metal underground hordes when they appeared on the Scandinavian Metal Attack compilation album in 1984, and gradually built up a cult following with the release of two albums – Bathory (1984) and […]

DEATH – Screams From The Grave Borivoj Krgin Metal Forces, Issue 24 (1987) Death (l-r): Chuck Schuldiner, Bill Andrews, Rick Rozz and Terry Butler Death is hardly a new name to most underground thrashers. Since their inception way back in late ’83 (then known as Mantas), this Florida based death metal band have garnered worldwide […]

ANACRUSIS Annihilation Complete (1987) Anacrusis hail from St. Louis in Missouri ,and on the evidence of this five-song demo, Annihilation Complete, have a very bright future ahead of them. The band’s current line-up of Kenn Nardi (vocals / guitar), Kevin Heidbreder (guitars), John Emery (bass) and Mike Owen (drums) have been together for just over […]

NAPALM DEATHScum Earache (1987)Rating: 9.1/10 Here it is folks! This album will finally settle the argument of who is the fastest band in the world. Like those super-fast, mega intense bands that have preceded them, Napalm Death have come up with an album which on the surface may sound like a cataclysm, but in fact […]

STRUTT Strutt (1987) Older readers may remember East Londoner’s Strutt when they appeared in Demolition way back in issue #2 of Metal Forces. Well, back then things didn’t quite work for the band and they eventually split in early ’86 and went their separate ways. However, Strutt have recently reformed and are back even stronger […]

RAGEExecution Guaranteed Noise (1987)Rating: 9.2/10 It’s official; Rage definitely eat brain food, because this album is one of the best and most technical releases I have so far heard during my association with the German metal scene. I’d heard the very early beginning of this project on my last visit back in February, but it’s […]

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