Various, Hellion, Divine Rite, Nightstalker, Sixty - Nine, Assassin, Knightmare II, Palace Of Oblivion, Syren, Ruby Slippers, V.V.S.I, Savage Grace, No Sugar

California's Best Metal

1985 · Heavy Metal · New Renaissance Records

US · GWD90526

Tracklist

Credits

Producer
Stan Weissburg, Hellion, Cliff Zellman, Divine Rite, Charles Albert, Nightstalker, Charles Bryant, Rotten Rod Carlock, Syren, Tom Brighton, James Dionisio, K. Michael Sikkas, Savage Grace, John Alexander Graves
Engineer
Michael Frenchik
Cut by
Eddy Schreyer
Heavy MetalGreenworld Records2 pressings →

Where it leads

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.

Where to find it

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