Obsession - Methods Of Madness (1987)

This album screams molten metal fury. This five piece are fronted by Mike Vescera who really does harbour the force in those vocal screams. This is the sort of stuff that made the '80s metal scene so darn great. Anything by this guys can be considered a worthy buy, 'Methods...' is a white hot thrashing masterpiece and it's dead serious at its heart, going for the intestines with its jagged guitars and pummelling drums. Opener 'Four Play/Hard To The Core' has a doom laden whine before it dives headlong into a raging fit, the same can be said for the heroic wailing title cut and my favouriye blockbuster 'Panic In The Streets' which is epic power metal. This is up there with Savatage, Metal Church for its crystal clear wall of sound, neer once letting slip it becomes a powerhouse of a record that's hard to beat. 8.5/10