Necropolis - Contemplating Slaughter [1988]

Artist: Necropolis

Album: Contemplating Slaughter
Year: 1988
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/c0ms1T3YTMs
Country: United States
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Dark Despair
2. Waters of Lathe
3. Ashes to Ashes
4. Contemplating Slaughter
5. Killing Kranium
6. Surrender to Death
7. Froze in Fear
8. Cease to Exist

Witness: -[*]-
One of many US-based bands with the same name and these guys were from Georgia & created a pretty decent, if not a little too lo-fi at times, album back in 1988 and then disappeared. They are really very good and sound comparable to early Slayer at times.

Ruthless - Metal Without Mercy (EP) [1984] (Re-issue 2009)

Artist: Ruthless

Album: Metal Without Mercy
Year: 1984
Genre: Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ZfZni7asbI8
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Gates of Hell
2. Metal Without Mercy
3. Bury the Axe
4. The Fever
5. Mass Killer
6. White Death (Bonus Track)
7. The Winds of War (Bonus Track)

Witness: -[*]-
Ruthless is from LA and still active, it seems. I heard this album much later than '84, but I appreciate it because it is a prime example of power metal back in that time period.

Raven - Rock Until You Drop [1981]

Artist: Raven

Album: Rock Until You Drop
Year: 1981
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/-ABloNI69e0
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: VBR

Tracklist:
1. Hard Ride
2. Hell Patrol
3. Don't Need Your Money
4. Over the Top
5. 39/40
6. For the Future
7. Rock Until You Drop
8. Nobody's Hero
9. Hellraiser
10. Action
11. Lambs to the Slaughter
12. Tyrant of the Airways

Witness: -[*]-
Here is another album from the early '80s that I really liked. The production on this album has more of a hard rock feel than a metallic heavy metal vibe  John Gallagher's vocals had a bit of a maniacal feel, especially on tracks like Lambs to the Slaughter and Tyrant of the Airwaves, which made it heavy.

Godagainst - Summoning Chaotic Annihilation [2019]

Artist: Godagainst

Album: Summoning Chaotic Annihilation
Year: 2019
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/MW9EIi4x3MA
Country: Chile
Quality: 192 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Ashes to Crawling Souls
2. Plague of the Underworld
3. Praise of Forsaken Lambs
4. Supreme Weakness Code
5. Death Seed Pervertion
6. Above the Shattered Hope
7. Gates of Immortality
8. All Deception Gathering

Witness: -[*]-
Vicious South American death metal from Santiago, Chile, and Godagainst. Listen & support!

Amoklauf - Paths of Shattered Thoughts [2019]

Artist: Amoklauf

Album: Paths of Shattered Thoughts
Year: 2019
Genre: Brutal Death Metal / Technical Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/RFCqbqyXTOQ
Country: Argentina
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Of Saints and Sinners
2. Subjets of Endless Blunt Dissection
3. Upon the Doom of Earth
4. Servants of False Forgiveness
5. The Green River Killer
6. Dawn of Aggression
7. Retribution
8. Scattered Remains
9. Only the Dead

Witness: -[*]-
South America has been bringing the brutality here in 2019. This new Amoklauf release is some killer death metal!

Blackwater Burial - The Prison of Belief [2019]

Artist: Blackwater Burial

Album: The Prison of Belief
Year: 2019
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/iWyjAcZZHM8
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Citizen 13
2. Erased
3. Existential Crisis
4. Degraded Being
5. Cerebral Peptides
6. Ageless Nameless
7. 2 0's

Witness: -[*]-

Fire For Effect - Artillery Unleashed (EP) [2019]

Artist: Fire For Effect

Album: Artillery Unleashed
Year: 2019
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/QPEGt6E6Lpk
Country: United States
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Fire for Effect
2. Into the Breech
3. Engineered for Destruction
4. Watch Your Six
5. Objective Is Achieved

Witness: -[*]-
The final opus for Brett Hoffmann. He and the band created a pretty nice send-off for him after a long and storied run in US death metal. An honorable RIP for our metal brother \m/\m/

Skeletal Prison - Condemned to Flesh [2019]

Artist: Skeletal Prison

Album: Condemned to Flesh
Year: 2019
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/skeletalprison/ / https://youtu.be/qQjSAjfMJIs
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Dawn of Eradication
2. Insomnia
3. Bloodsoaked
4. Sacred Massacre
5. Masters
6. Cranial Assault
7. Shapeshifter
8. Obsidian Temple
9. Symbiotic Hypocrisy

Witness: -[*]-
Listen & support!

Rigor Mortis - Antropofagia Existencial (EP) [2014]

Artist: Rigor Mortis

Album: Antropofagia Existencial
Year: 2014
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/rigormortisdeathmetal
Country: Ecuador
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Ceguera cerebral
2. Cancerígena desmembración
3. Carnicería de humanos
4. Antropofagia existencial
5. Purulencia anatómica

Witness: -[*]-

Rigor Mortis - Habemus Diabolos [2014]

Artist: Rigor Mortis

Album: Habemus Diabolos
Year: 2014
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: http://youtu.be/HRFDPyzy2fI
Country: Argentina
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Habemus Diabolos
2. Dentro del Crematorio
3. Masacre
4. Traicionado
5. Canibal Holocausto
6. Miserable Existencia
7. Quebrantafe
8. Violador
9. Muertos Vivientes
10. Mentiras Sacradas

Witness: -[*]-

Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis [1988]

Artist: Rigor Mortis

Album: Rigor Mortis
Year: 1988
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/V7lXdVtzzpQ
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Welcome to Your Funeral
2. Demons
3. Bodily Dismemberment
4. Condemned to Hell
5. Wizard of Gore
6. Shroud of Gloom
7. Die in Pain
8. Vampire
9. Re-Animator
10. Slow Death
11. Foaming at the Mouth
12. Grudge Fuck
13. Spivey (live)

Witness: -[*]-
Here is some killer thrash metal from back in the day. Thanks to CarlG for reminding me about these guys from Texas who created this killer album back in '88 \m/\m/

Sword - Metalized [1986]

Artist: Sword
Album: Metalized
Year: 1986
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: http://www.swordmetalized.com/
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 kbps



Tracklist:
1. F.T.W (Follow the Wheel)
2. Children of Heaven
3. Stoned Again
4. Dare to Spit
5. Outta Control
6. The End of the Night
7. Runaway
8. Where to Hide
9. Stuck in Rock
10. Evil Spell

Witness: -[*]-
Here is another old favorite of mine. This album contains some excellent guitar work and some damn catchy songs in my opinion and it seems that these guys are still active and it appears they still have the original lineup intact \m/\m/

Spartan Warrior - Spartan Warrior [1984]

Artist: Spartan Warrior

Album: Spartan Warrior
Year: 1984
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/DH3kgQ1uRYQ
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 128 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Assassin
2. Black Widow
3. I'm on Heat
4. Son of a Bitch
5. Sentenced to Die
6. Hanging On
7. Mercenary
8. French Girls
9. Broken Promises

Witness: -[*]-
Another album from my teenage years that I used to listen to pretty heavily. This is definitely not an album I would expect to find on a death metal blog, but hey it's my blog, so I can do whatever the Hell I want.

Savage - Loose 'N Lethal [1983] (Remaster - Reissue 1997)

Artist: Savage

Album: Loose 'N Lethal
Year: 1983
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/GTYplic3G0s
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Let It Loose
2. Cry Wolf
3. Berlin
4. Dirty Money
5. Ain't No Fit Place
6. On the Rocks
7. The China Run
8. White Hot
9. No Cause to Kill (1980 demo)
10. The Devil Take You (1980 demo)
11. Back on the Road (1979 demo)

Witness: -[*]-
I didn't know about these guys back in the day but I would've really liked this album back then and now it's more of a guilty pleasure when I am in the right mood. Thanks to GoreMaster for pointing them out to me.

Rotten Sculpture - Feeding of the Insane [2015]

Artist: Rotten Sculpture

Album: Feeding of the Insane
Year: 2015
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://rottensculpture.bandcamp.com/album/feeding-of-the-insane
Country: Germany
Quality: 192 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Pre Mortem [Intro]
2. Feeding of the Insane
3. Hacked to Death
4. Bloodstained
5. Expurgation Practice
6. Black Sun [Interlude]
7. Skinless
8. Living Through Torture
9. Necrosadistic Slaughter Stench
10. Involuntarily Vile
11. At the Gates of Doom

Witness: -[*]-
This disc is already 4 years old but I just came across it a couple of days ago and I have to say that this is another prime example of German dominance in the OSDM genre.

Panzerchrist - Soul Collector [2000]

Artist: Panzerchrist

Album: Soul Collector
Year: 2000
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/6QUipH1PWdA
Country: Denmark
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Das Leben will gewonnen sein
2. Y2Krieg
3. Der Panzertöter
4. Panzergrenadier
5. Schwarz ist unser Panzer (Ich hatt' einen Kameraden)
6. Unser höchste Ehre
7. Kalt wie der Finsternis
8. Zum Gegenstoss

Witness: -[*]-
The first Panzerchrist album to feature Bo Summer of Illdisposed on vocals.

Panzerchrist - Battalion Beast [2006]

Artist: Panzerchrist

Album: Battalion Beast
Year: 2006
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/GQm5fK7RbCQ
Country: Denmark
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Lean Black Cruisers
2. The Gods They Do Not Give Us Long
3. He Is Dead Who Will Not Fight
4. Infants' Graves
5. Weep No More
6. Flame of the Panzerchrist
7. Lumps of Rotting Clay
8. War in the North
9. The Spirit of Soldiers

Witness: -[*]-
I mostly lost track of Panzerchrist after this album but this material is pretty good and I got the CD bundled with the t-shirt, which is pretty cool because I dig the artwork.

Panzerchrist - Six Seconds Kill [1996]

Artist: Panzerchrist

Album: Six Seconds Kill
Year: 1996
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/cpUmVtXEhQA
Country: Denmark
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Perfect Kill
2. Winterlands
3. Panzer
4. Frontlines
5. Virus
6. Halls of Oblivion
7. Reload
8. Eviscerated Bitch
9. Gunhead
10. Last Supper

Witness: -[*]-
My first experience with this band back in the late '90s and this just so happens to be some of their best stuff in my opinion and my own CD rip \m/\m/

Panzerchrist - Outpost Fort Europa [1999]

Artist: Panzerchrist

Album: Outpost Fort Europa
Year: 1999
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/iv7wFVQPi-Y
Country: Denmark
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Outpost
2. Skin
3. Uranium Angel
4. Fort Europa
5. Burning
6. Killing of the Weak
7. Flesh in the Scent
8. Surrender Is Not an Option

Witness: -[*]-
This is probably my favorite offering of this band's brand of war-obsessed death metal.

Panzer Squad - Ruins [2018]

Artist: Panzer Squad

Album: Ruins
Year: 2018
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/panzersquadthrash/
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 kbps



Tracklist:
1. Extinction
2. Death Toll
3. Escapist
4. Sewer Rat
5. Societal Funeral
6. Singular Purpose
7. Shut In
8. Victims of War
9. Delusionist
10. Approaching the End
11. Zombie Shot
12. After the Bombs
13. Warsystem (Shitlickers Cover)

Witness: -[*]-
So, this was a damn good thrash metal album at the end of last year, and maybe not that many of you heard it. If not, then do so now because there are some spiteful & venomous tracks to be heard here \m/\m/ 

Critical Defiance - Misconception [2019]

Artist: Critical Defiance

Album: Misconception
Year: 2019
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/hKFOWVJHukA
Country: Chile
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Desert Ways
2. Spiral of Hatred
3. Punished Existence
4. 507
5. What About You
6. Onset
7. Pursuit of Chaos
8. Misconception

Witness: -[*]-
Awesome South American thrash metal from Villa Alemana, Chile \m/\m/

Damien - Every Dog Has Its Day [1987]

Artist: Damien

Album: Every Dog Has Its Day
Year: 1987
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/UacejWNvNAk
Country: United States
Quality: 320 kbps



Tracklist:
1. Wolf Dreams
2. Possession
3. Serpents Rising
4. Give Me a Sign
5. Every Dog Has Its Day
6. World Affair
7. Season of the Arrow
8. I Play for You
9. Glass City
10. Race to the End

Witness: -[*]-
I bought this album as soon as I saw it in my local store because I had seen the video above on TV one night and loved their style but I was disappointed that not every track was as aggressive as the title track. However, looking back now, I remember that there were several very good power metal tracks on this album, such as #2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 10.

Nasty Savage - Abstract Reality (EP) [1988]

Artist: Nasty Savage

Album: Abstract Reality
Year: 1988
Genre: Power Metal / Speed Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/aeDjHZgG6Oc
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Abstract Reality
2. Unchained Angel
3. Eromantic Vertigo
4. You Snooze, You Lose

Witness: -[*]-
Listen to these 4 tracks and tell me they aren't some fudging powerful songs, killer production (at that time and now). I really like(ed) this band quite a bit.

Nasty Savage - Nasty Savage [1985]

Artist: Nasty Savage 

Album: Nasty Savage
Year: 1985
Genre:  Power Metal / Speed Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/VR6SxeWVzZg
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. No Sympathy
2. Gladiator
3. Fear Beyond the Vision
4. Metal Knights
5. Garden of Temptation
6. Asmodeus
7. Dungeon of Pleasure
8. The Morgue
9. Instigator
10. Psychopath
11. End of Time

Witness: -[*]-
In my opinion, Nasty Savage was the better of the Savage bands from that time, especially for the power/speed metal fans like me. This is a killer old school release!

Savage Grace - Master of Disguise [1985]

Artist: Savage Grace

Album: Master of Disguise
Year: 1985
Genre: Power Metal / Speed Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/7zsH54pPZqg
Country: United States
Quality: 192 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Lions Roar
2. Bound to Be Free
3. Fear My Way
4. Sins of the Damned
5. Into the Fire
6. Master of Disguise
7. Betrayer
8. Sons of Iniquity
9. No One Left to Blame

Witness: -[*]-
I have this band's 1986 album, After the Fall From Grace, but never saw this one in my local record stores and so it went unheard by me until recently now that I have been on my midlife crisis nostalgia kick. I have to say that I wish I would have found this one back then because I like these songs and I'm pretty sure they would have had more of an impact on me back in the day.