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Luxurious picture disc in hand-made hard-board outer cover with the band logo die cut on the front side of the jacket. Also includes a lyric insert Slaughter's third demo is also their best recording (though Strappado isn't too far behind). ‘Surrender Or Die’ is among the pinnacles of 85-style death metal. This is pure thrash at it's best -fast, fast, fast. Let's look at the third song for fastness, Maim To Please. If it is true that these guys influenced death metal then I guess this is also the place to start. The drum beat is just a rapid beat, no fills just an occasional cymbal here and there. The tempo lets up and down throughout the song, but you can almost imagine the singer letting out a growl of death metal. So all in all this is pure bang your head fucking thrash. Any fans of early death metal or thrash metal should get a hold of this especially if you like really old Slayer. The first seven tracks are the 1985 demo, the last six songs are bonus tracks that were recorded in 1985 as well, but not placed on the original tape. Track listing: 1. Disintegrator 2. Incinerator 3. Maim To Please 4. Tyrant Of Hell 5. Shadow Of Death 6. Death Dealer 7. One Foot In The Grave 8. Surrender Or Die 9. Eve Of Darkness 10. Massacra-Hellhammer cover 11. Strappado 12. Tales Of The Macabre 13. Cult Of The Dead (Instro-Mental)