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One of the most legendary ventures in metal history. Three groundbreaking bands in their prime. An iron age that would never be repeated with such brute force and raging madness. What can be said about Exodus, Slayer or Venom in 1985? Exodus had finally released Bonded By Blood, their debut, one of the best Thrash albums ever made and were the hardest-hitting Speed Metal band in the San Fran bay-area. Paul Baloff was the main man. Certainly one of the heaviest and sickest metal personas this world would ever witness. This live-album opens with his words of wisdom and you simply must raise your fist in his eternal honour and scream into the night. Venom were for the second time in the US and on their first ever tour in those usurped lands – World Possession Tour / Combat Tour (together with Slayer and Exodus), coinciding with the release of their fourth album Possessed and following the overwhelming response In League With Satan brought them. Listen to the interview in the end and feel just how extreme these british gentlemen where. Then you understand where it all started and why metal is not for pussies. Slayer was the killing machine we all learned to love and respect, in their heaviest and most brutal days, presenting the relentless satanic opus Hell Awaits, their darkest album, playing for audiences absolutely surrendered to its deeds. Jeff Hanneman will be missed forever and metal would not be the same without his creative evil genius. Combat Records, the NY based label, gave birth to legends like Megadeth, Possessed, Death, Nuclear Assault, Agent Steel, Dark Angel, Exodus, amongst several others references of unquestionable importance to extreme music history. Studio 54 was a disco venue, used to flashy obnoxious crap, almost ruined by the sheer brutality of the masters and their disciples. Unbounded intensity. Piss in your pants, posers.

Track list:
1. Exodus -Intro Pauls Speech
2. Exodus -Wild Motherfuckers
3. Exodus -Piranha
4. Exodus -Gary Holt solo
5. Exodus -Metal Command
6. Exodus -Exodus
7. Exodus -Strike Of The Beast
8. Venom -Witching Hour
9. Venom -Countess Bathory
10. Slayer -Die By The Sword
11. Slayer -The Antichrist
12. Slayer -Hell Awaits
13. Slayer -Chemical Warfare
14. Venom Interview Pt. 1
15. Venom Interview Pt. 2
16. Slayer Interview
17. Combat Records Advertisement