Good sampler of bands associated with Lord Vic. Unfortunately the sound isn't too hot as he dubbed this onto CD from cassette, so as if someone is actually interested in a band, they'll be surprised with better sound quality when they get that individual release.

RAMPAGE
- "Satanic Death", fast and brutal old school death/thrash, i.e. Possessed, Exodus
- "DeadRot", grindcore death metal, as heavy as Repulsion or the first Napalm death lp.
- "Ticket to Hell", slow grindy descending riff. Simple brutal death metal with gore tinged yet decipherable vocals.

FESTERING SORE
- "Cellar of Horror", early Death demo sound with an early Slayer feel, pretty cool
- "Human Cattle", a trouble making 'I'll fuck you up"-type of song. Mixes a slow riff with an uptempo 'mosh' type riff. Fuckin heavy (and the vocals sound like Rampage.Hmmmm)

GORTICIAN
- "Orgy with the Dead", freakin insane death metal, like no production, rehearsal mixing board quality, if that. 'Musically', I can't compare this to anyone, maybe the Deceased demo"The Evil Side of Religion"?
- "Vagina Dentata", ok. What the fuck?! The sloppy drumbeat makes me recall a LOT of demo tapes I got rid of in the late 80s/early 90s. In small doses it's ok, just I've heard it sooo much in the past.

DISJECTA MEMBRA
- "Earth & Stone", in between sludgy stoner rock (Sabbath, Danzig) and perhaps older Metallica. This is from 1992?? Vocals are phlegmmy and hoarse.
- "Eye of the Hellstorm", covered on a Rampage CD, is a classic tune to raise your fist and bang your skull to. A cross of power metal and NWOBHM.

EARLY WARNING
- "Narcissism", "North Breeze", "Dance of the Snake", is like very good Maiden with Dickinson. Great songs, great playing, great solos. I've heard too many shitty Maiden wannabe's, but Early Warning were pretty cool. Underproduced, but better than Iced earth, Gamma Ray, and all these modern polished bands. The songs would fit right in on "Killers".

T.G.W.W.B.T.M. (The Guys Who Wear Black Too Much)
- "TGWWBTM's N Tha House", hilarious metal rap, old school hip hop. Has to be heard to be believed.

Ending this 70 minute disc is SKIPTOE- "End of Oppression", "Awakened", "Suffocation", and "Shatter My Faith", aggressive pre-Rampage thrash. Sort of crossover, moshy, cool guitar solos and driving bass, as heavy as Carnivore or Sacred Reich's slower tunes. Only bad point besides the predictable song writing is the singer. Sounds like a bad White Power vocalist, even worse than George Burdi (Rahowa) singing at a show!

Decent compilation, look forward to what else comes out, cuz they're pretty damn affordable.

© 2000 mlotek