Description

Double testpress album of the 30th of March 2018 Noise re-issue with bonus tracks.

A prototypical example of ’80s Teutonic thrash, Deathrow followed in the footsteps of countrymen like Destruction, Sodom, and Iron Angel, only with far more modest commercial results. Hailing from the city of Düsseldorf, Deathrow was founded in 1984 by vocalist/bassist Milo, guitarists Thomas Priebe and Sven Flugge, and drummer Markus Hahn. They would soon sign with Noise Records (who else?) and almost instantly meet with some welcome, press-generating controversy when their first album, ‘Satan’s Gift’, had to be renamed ‘Riders Of Doom’ in order to avoid censure by the easily offended American market. The debut album also gave them a chance to tour Europe with Possessed and Voivod. 1987 saw the light of the second album ‘Raging Steel’ an album that is a demonstration of a lot tighter and controlled direction in Deathrow’s musical style. Now with some decent production and remarkably more refined songwriting, this release makes a huge difference from the band’s debut. The album opens with a grandiose instrumental ‘The Dawn’ but then jumps into full gear and stays there until the very end. The first couple of vocal tracks are pure no-nonsense, brains-to-the-wall thrash attacks, but on ‘Dragon’s Blood’ some more varying themes start to show up. After this album the guitarist Priebe would be replaced by former Mekong Delta guitarist Uwe Osterlehner and the band shifted toward a more intricate, progressive metal style for their third and fourth releases. But this progressive touch is almost totally absent on this one, and the focus is clearly on intense full-speed thrash metal. In all its controlled fury, ‘Raging Steel’ is one of the most consistent thrash metal albums you can find.

Track list:
1. Intro: The Dawn
2. Raging Steel
3. Scattered By The Wind
4. Dragons Blood
5. The Thing Within
6. Pledge To Die
7. Mortal Dread
8. The Undead Cry
9. Beyond The Light
10. Samhain -Intro-from Eternal Death demo 1986
11. Samhain -Slaughtered-from Eternal Death demo 1986
12. Samhain -Violent Omen-from Eternal Death demo 1986
13. Samhain -Riders Of Doom-from Eternal Death demo 1986
14. Samhain-from Eternal Death demo 1986
15. Yigagels Wall-live 1986