MMM
A truly atrocious album cover and a pretty dreadful production can't completely ruin this great album, try as they might. Whiplash had a slightly different sound than most US Thrash bands, at least partly because vocalist/guitarist Tony Portaro largely eschewed the use of palm damping the strings, which meant his riffs sounded less controlled than most of the clinical Bay Area thrashers, and a fair bit more energetic. He could play the guitar too, ripping solo's like Mustaine from his BC Rich Bich (who was also using this guitar about this time), and scattering the record with his intricate and dextrous playing. This is brutal Thrash for sure, with just the hint of a Hardcore edge, sadly it really does sound like it was recorded in a garage, which makes it hard for me to give it more than 3M's.
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