Originally released in 1989, this brings memories of the crossover scene at it's height, and depending on who you ask, was the greatest time for concerts, or the destruction of the hardcore and metal scenes.

Burnt Offering blend thrash and headbanging metal with mosh parts. Violent, evil, fuck you, punch you in the face, I'm gonna kill you motherfucker type lyrics. Hal Shore's angry vocals are snarled and throaty, maybe like Tom Araya of he was in S.O.D. I guess the music is a little Slayer influenced too. Thick production, but still underground, the 5 CD bonus tracks off the "Death Decay" demo are just as good. For me, this is a solid release, and so it's hard to pick stand out songs, though I still really like "Kick Your Dirt", "Leatherface", "Power Of Death", "Beware The Axe" and "Slaughterhouse Grizzle". This sounds as good as when I had the original tape. Only question is "did the guys spill beer on the master tapes ?" as this was re-mastered off the vinyl.

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