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1987 · Heavy Metal · Epic

UK · 460811 1

Credits

Producer: Dave Mustaine
Mixed by: Paul Lani
Written by: Sean Blosl, Warrel Dane, Jim Sheppard, Lenny Rutledge, Grace Slick
Engineer: Terry Date, Mike Amstadt

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.