Sepultura - Morbid Visions (1986)

Raw, primitive Brazilian thrash, hardly the sign of things to come from Sepultura, as this record didn't really stand out from the crowd and certainly lacked the power of bands such as Slayer and Death.
It's pretty much formulaic death metal, not overly heavy, reasonably heavy, more so by Igor's potentially threatening drum beats and Max's vicious vocal assaults.
'Troops Of Doom' remains the cult favourite, but from the haunting 'Intro' through to 'War' and 'Funeral Rites', this maintains an unhealthy level of aggression that all thrashers would have gagged for during the mid-1980s.
6.5/10