A rather important metal record. Mustaine booted from Metallica, setting up his own camp, and offering this album, albeit with some dodgy lyrics and a strange cover of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots...', joke or not, it seems an odd one, but overall it's a record from a compelling time of music, and although it pales alongside Metallica's 'Kill Em All' or the evil fury of Slayer's 'Show No...', it's still a quality record of not necessarily blistering speed but certainly solid noise, made all the more confrontational by Mustaine's ugly sneering vocals which literally spit all over this record. There are some metal cracker's on here, check out the velocity of 'Rattlehead', the full throttle title cut and horrendous lyrics, which Kiss would be proud of, on 'Mechanix' that will have you cringing all the way.
Still, Mustaine would get away with such cheesiness on the next set of records, made all the more admirable and arrogant bythe precise musicianship, but for a starter, 'Killing...', with its symbolic metal cover, remains a good beginning.
8/10
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