REVIEWS FROM MY VINYL COLLECTION

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VENDETTA – Brain Damage

This is the second original Vendetta album, that appeared in ’88. The band would reconvene in 2007 and have since released another four records. Other than America, the German thrash scene seemed to produce the most bands, of which, Vendetta along with Exhumer and Paradox were the flag bearers. It’s a mystery to me that after releasing such a beast of record as this that they disappeared.

War, Brain Damage, and Conversation are up there with some of the best early thrash tracks. Metallica are obvious influences here but they have taken that blueprint and ran with it. They look so young on the back cover and the youthful enthusiasm just lets them go for it. Favourite track is the instrumental craziness that is Fade To Insanity. Touches of Fade To Black and early Iron Maiden are in there for sure, but overall it’s just a whole bunch of fun.

This was such a great time for new metal bands sprouting up, and I remember it well.

7.5/10 from The Grooveman.

VENDETTA- Go And Live….Stay And Die

Don’t you just love 80’s metal albums? These guys were formed in the aptly name German town Schweinfurt in ’84, and this is their first release that came out in 87.

I would say early Metallica and the whole Bay Area thrash scene were a huge influence on these guys, and I am a sucker for grooves like this. The intro to the title track is crazy! Every thrash metal cliche is there before THAT riff appears  in many guises. This track is all over the map and it’s epic, even the lyric goes “it’s too mad it’s like a nightmare”. Fun times! Tough to pick a favourite tune but I will go with Side 2 opener Systems Of Death. A full on thrash experience with extra elements of Slayer thrown in as well.

If you like your thrash old school and killer then this is for you. Unfortunately, they made one more album in ’88 and then vanished until the toonies.

8/10 from The Grooveman.