Quite enjoyable Irish thrash that certainly slipped by the wayside back in the day. Reminds me of Deathwish, and that kind of underground UK thrash. Nine cuts of reasonably aggressive metal, a few chugging riffs, frantic drums, the album only really being let down by the almost naive vocal attack of Pincher who struggles to rise above the noise created by his fellow members. Even so, the attack of the title cut brings to mind that almost demo standard which was produced back in the '80s, giving such a record a raw edge. Certainly to be filed alongside Acid Reign, Toranaga, Xentrix, Deathwish, and possibly Hydra Vein, a field which was often ignored by thrashers who went in pursuit of highly produced technical, yet dull US death metal. I've always liked this kind of stuff, strong solos on 'Hate War', but I can't get it out of my head that the vocalist was probably doing his homework whilst straining for those notes. Nice cover.
5.5/10
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Hi there
I am Dave McManus (Mano) the bassist from Moral Crusade. I'd like to thank you for those kind words you spoke about our album. Unfortunately we split up about a year after it was recorded due to many problems we were having with the record company and a change in musical direction many of us were having at the time. We always felt we could have done a lot better then we recorded on An Act of Violence but in the end we only recorded the one album and that was that. We originally started life as a hardcore band in 1987 called Chromatic Death. We have a Facebook page and some of our stuff from back then can be found on Youtube although we are not active at the moment.
It's great to find our stuff on the net, it brings back a lot of good memories. Many thanks for that.
Mano - Bass Moral Crusade
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