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Loudness – Devil Soldier
Released: 1982 on Nippon Columbia Records
Location: Osaka, Japan
Style: Taka-Power Speed-Saki Metal
Status: Active
R.I.P. Munetaka Higuchi

Sample: “Lonely Player”

~ Please, no “Roudness” jokes
We’ve heard it a hundred times
This arbum is huge ~

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Anthem – Anthem
Released: 1985 on Nexus Records
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Style: Tetsuo the Iron Man Metal
Status: Active

Sample: “Red Light Fever”

~ Anthem’s first album
Big, lively and bulletproof
Just like the band’s hair ~

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Chastain – The 7th of Never
Released: 1987 on Shrapnel Records
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Style: Ancient Metal from the Future that Sounds Ancient
Status: Active

Sample: “It’s Too Late for Yesterday”

~ Oh, hello, Leather
When can we go on a date?
7th of never ~

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Razor – Evil Invaders
Released: 1985 on Attic Records
Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Style: Speed/Thrash Metal that is a Friend of Sarah Connor
Status: Active

Sample: “Evil Invaders”

~ Part man, part machine
Speeding Canadian thrash
Not such a strange brew ~

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Deathwish – Demon Preacher
Released: 1988 on GWR Records
Location: Brighton, UK
Style: Thrash/Speed Metal STOP READING THIS AND GO FIND THE REISSUE RIGHT NOW
Status: Split up

Sample: “Demon Preacher”

~ Deadly city nights
Speeding riffs kill street thugs dead
Charles Bronson metal ~

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English Dogs – Forward Into Battle
Released: 1985 on Music for Nations Records
Location: Grantham, Midlands, UK
Style: Crossover/Punk/Thrash Metal with Static Electric Hair
Status: Doubly active: One and Two

Sample: “Ultimate Sacrifice”

~ Vallejo artwork
But this ain’t power metal
Punky thrash face-melt ~

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Atrophy – Socialized Hate
Released: 1988 on Roadracer Records
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Style: Socially Conscious Thrash Metal Washed Down with a Beer Bong
Status: Split up

Sample: “Preacher, Preacher”

~ Remember real pits?
Now they’re gentle as lambs’ ears
Not that it matters ~

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Paul Chain – Life and Death
Released: 1989 on Minotauro Records
Location: Ancona, Marche, Italy
Style: wE¡Rd døøm µe†aL
Status: Split up
R.I.P. Sanctis Ghoram

Sample: “Cemetery”

~ Paul Chain reigns supreme
As Italian doom’s crowned king
He is a strange dude ~

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Nasty Savage – Indulgence
Released: 1986 on Metal Blade Records
Location: Brandon, Florida, USA
Style: Technical Speed/Thrash Metal Figure Four Leg Lock Kill Your Television
Status: Split up

Sample: “Divination”

~ Looked like a wrestler
And smashed TVs on his chest
Ol’ Nasty Ronnie ~

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Destructor – Maximum Destruction
Released: 1985 on Auburn Records
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Style: Heavy Metal Blazing Enough to Ignite the Cuyahoga River
Status: Active
R.I.P. Dave “Holocaust” Iannicca

Sample: “Pounding Evil”

~ One hundred percent
Underrated gem right here
No Cleveland Steamer ~

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