The 'Metal Massacre' story continues, and steps up a notch, both Sacred Blade and Death Dealer pumping out quality metal, the former sounding like a watered down Possessed, particularly in the vocal delivery. Death Dealer follow a more classic vein, but it's track three which proves the 'Metal Massacre' compilers are on the ball. Trouble's 'The Last Judgement' is a doom masterpiece, making this volume worth the money. However, even the wailing Sceptre and the full-throttle Znowhite up the anti. So far, '...Massacre IV' is certainly the best of the four released, not quite up there with the evil grooves of the 'Speed Kills' compilations.
War Cry offer a bassy number, typically amateurish lyrically but Abattoir's 'Screams From The Grave', the relatively heavy Witchslayer, and Lizzy Borden beef up the record which ends with the slow burning Medieval, a real oily stomper of a cut made all the more strange by the vocal delivery, but alongside Trouble's masterpiece, this is probably the finest track on the compilation.
7/10
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