This is TT Quick’s killer, kickass first EP released back in ’84 on Avalanche Records. Mark Tornillo (now of Accept) was the band’s original singer and appears here.
Go For The Throat kicks things off nicely with a full on double kick onslaught over some killer riffage. A ripping version of CCR’s Fortunate Son is up next, and I prefer this to the original. Child Of Sin closes out Side 1. It has a slow, heavy groove that pounds away with some cool guitar riffage and a ripping solo. A very loud chugga riff opens up Metal Man, and it’s my favourite track. I love old school riff-heavy songs like this. All too soon the final track Victims is upon us. A mid tempo epic intro gives way to a maximum chugga’s and Tornillo wailing.
Of course, they would release the classic Metal Of Honour after this. They were another great find by Jon Zazula after Metallica, Anthrax, and Overkill. A fun old school metal romp.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
