Description

2021 re-issue on black vinyl with 5 bonus tracks, 8 page booklet, promo photo and numbered certificate. Limited 200 copies

1985 was a speed metal year. Furious debut albums from Agent Steel, Savage Grace, Abattoir, ADX, Whiplash, Exodus and Megadeth are proofs. It was a hellish year! The time when speed metal was a sin in its purity! The time when the word speed metal was justified and one of the shapers were Bloodlust, a band from California, which at the time was the throne of (quality) speed metal. Sounding raw, punishing, merciless and indestructive. Bloodlust were no exception. If you like bands as Abattoir, Savage Grace, Agent Steel and you wanna widespread your spectrum with more unknown and underground bands, then Bloodlust are your deal. Their 1988 EP, Terminal Velocity, has fast-paced, aggressive, and powerful sound, bridging the gap between power metal and speed metal. If you press an ear to the wax you will find things close to Breaking Point-era Heretic, Blessed Death thickness with more interesting foliage, debut Abattoir, and the rhythmic ingenuity of at-heart traditionalists like Liege Lord and Ulysses Siren (or at least an underclass of their styles). This is an album for all nostalgic, 80’s American speed metal fanatics.

Track list:
1. Terminal Velocity
2. City Of The Forgotten
3. C.T.R. (Sundays Liar)
4. Semper Fi / Guilty As Sin
5. Guilty As Sin-rough demo 1987
6. Trapped In The Void-rough demo 1987
7. CTR-rough demo 1987
8. Guilty As Sin-2005 version
9. Too Scared To Run-2005 version