One of my fave UK thrash acts, Deathwish weren't around too long, falling into the dismal pit occupied by so many Brit thrash acts. Even so, this, and their other decent album 'Demon Preacher' were very listenable slabs. John Van Doorn's vocals were nothing special, Dave Deathwish's (nice name ha!) riffs did their job and pounded causing cracks in those concrete pillars, and the band wrote a few memorable cuts, i.e. opener, 'In The Name Of...', and stuff like 'Exorcist'. Mind you, what I really like about UK thrash is it's obscure nature, all unintentional I'm sure, but with a cover of stone walls and hooded figures, I can't but help become consumed by the witchery and Medieval echoes of it all, even if that's not its intention. Deathwish thrash pretty hard, just a shame this sort of stuff never really saw the light of day except in rainy England.
6.5/10
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