i've been getting into some old thrash lately (sadus, pestilence, etc) - my progression into the heavy stuff happened in such a way that i sort of missed those bands the first time around...i went from suicidal tendencies, death angel (speed metal) to sepultura, slayer, anthrax, megadeth and some metallica, but before i had a chance to become a hardcore metallica head, i was introduced to napalm death's 'harmony corruption' album and was litterally like this
...soon after i heard deicide, morbid angel, and obituary (cause of death was the first album i heard)...was big into death metal (still am and always will be - i've been into metal since motley crue's 'shout at the devil' came out - i had it on vinyl
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