Thrashed From The Start - Volume 6 (2010)

Some would say that with Volume 6 of this series the best has been saved for last. Personally, I found more joy listening to the demo's by bands such as Violence, Death Angel, Overkill etc, but hey, Volume 6 gives us Slayer circa 1986 and Metallica from '82. Slayer's demo is called 'Escape From The Studio' and sees the band vomit out a handful of classics including the nightmarish 'Necrophobic', the stirring thrash anthem 'Evil Has No Boundaries' and the raw 'Die By The Sword' alongside another four metal monsters. Metallica offer four cuts in their 'Power Metal Demo', those being 'Hit The Lights', 'The Mechanix', 'Motorbreath', and 'Jump In The Fire'. What more could a raging metalhead want ? This is where it all began, back in the mists of the early '80s where denim, leather, fire, sweat and blood united. Personally, I think these 'Thrashed..' records are a great idea and I'd love to see more of these released, possibly involving the early outings of bands such as Death, Morbid Angel, Possessed, etc. My only negative point being that the covers of each volume are identical except for a sticker on the back of the record, but that's a minor quibble.
(Image from Bad Seeds Records)
8/10