Year : 1985 (Century Media Records Edition 1998)
Style : Power Metal , Speed Metal , Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 66 mb
Bio:
Abattoir were an American Power/Speed metal band, founded in 1982. Juan Garcia, and Steve Gaines went on to be involved in other important metal bands Such as Evildead, and Tactics.Founded in 1982 Abattoir soon became one of the most remarkable early speed metal bands. Consisting of Mal Sanchez (b), Mark Caro (g), Rawl Preston (v), Juan Garcia (g) and Robert Wayne (d) they played their first gigs the same year. Typical line up changes happened the the early days which lead John Cyriis (John Syriis at the time) (v ; later Agent Steel) into the band. This line up produced a 2-song demo tape, but soon after releasing the song 'Screams From The Grave' on Metal Blade's Metal Massacre 4 sampler the band already fell apart for a short period of time.John and Juan went on to form Agent Steel while Mark and Mel reformed Abattoir in late 1984. The band got signed by Combat records in the United states and released their debut album Vicious Attack in 1985. At this time Steve Gaines (v; Bloodlust), Danny Oliverio (g) and drummer Danny Anaya filled the gaps in Abattoir's line up. Soon after the release of their debut Steve Gaines was replaced by Mike Towers (Heretic). Gaines tried to form his own project called Tactics and later on rejoined his first band Bloodlust. While Vicious Attack was an almost thrash metal oriented album his follow up The Only Safe Place, released in 1986, showed the band from a more melodic side best described as speed metal on the border to power metal.The Only Safe Place turned out to be the last album of the band. A little after the release of this album Mel Sanchez got together with his former bandmate Juan Garcia, who left Agent Steel in 1987, to form Evildead. After Mel was gone Abattoir went through several line up changes but never found a constant line up and finally split up in the late 80's.Abattoir were the opening band for Megadeth's first shows: February 15th and 18th, 1984."Here's the bad news. It is not known exactly when, but sometime in the month of July 2003, D-Dog Studios erased the entire "Evil Incarnate" recording. What's worse, it was never backed up anywhere. What is left from the disaster is the Ashes of the CD that was showcased at the 2003 Listening Party. To ensure the integrity of our vision for "Evil Incarnate", this CD has been re-titled "From the Ashes" and will possibly be available to our fans.""There are no plans to re-record "Evil Incarnate" at this time...Abattoir has since parted ways with Kevin Mac Shane. Steve Gaines is busy recording and touring with new bands Pagan War Machine and Dreams of Damnation. Mel Sanchez and I are on damage control duty with this unfortunate turn of events. We'll keep you posted on our progress."Abattoir recorded also song "School Daze" in 2001 on W.A.S.P.'s tribute album called "Show No Mercy".
Album:
Recorded at Hitman Studios, Hollywood, CA.Mixed at Indigo Ranch, Malibu, CA.Juan Garcia and Robert Wayne play on the album, but are uncredited. It is unclear whether their respective replacements Oliverio and Anaya contributed to the album at all.Re-issued by Century Media in 1998.The first half of the 80s was dominated by speed and power metal bands that were rising to challenge the power of the thrash metal. Among all the more or less well-known acts, we must remark the very good Abattoir from Los Angels because with just two albums, they were able to capture the attention of the speed metal aficionados all over America and Europe. Soon these two albums became cult also for their rarity. The first one of these two was called Vicious Attack and it came out in 1985. This album can be even considered a sort of an EP due to its short length but, instead, the band recognizes it as normal album.The opening track “Screams from the Grave” is a fantastic attack of pure speed metal with up tempo, catchy riffs and truly powerful vocals. The energy that this track already transmits to us it's something incredible because you’ll find yourself doing headbang in awhile. The bass is pulsing, metallic and bound to the very first traditional metal style, the structure is simple, in your face, direct and fun as fuck! The production is quite clear for the period and all the instruments are powerful, well-distinguishable and nasty, introducing the following “Vicious Attack (Maniac)” that more or less follows the same impulsive touch of the first track. So, prepare for more up tempo, fast guitars duets and fast solos. Everything is surrounded by great vocals to give the right melodic but also angry touch.“The Enemy” continues on drums up tempo to sustain this time more thrashy riffs even if the more melodic touch is bound to the classic power/speed style. The intensity is always on high levels and several gang vocals parts help in giving a truly nasty approach, before the good cover “Ace of Spades” that here is a bit more thrashy but always truly enjoyable, conserving that original epic and dirty touch. “The Living and the Dead” succeeds in being always good even if this time the tempo is a bit slower and, if we want, more canonical for speed metal because it’s a kind of faster mid-paced one to bring on its back lots of fast palm muting riffs with the classic dark touch. The vocals are calmer too but at times they reach higher peaks, but without the tonalities of the other tracks.“Stronger than Evil” is a return to the classic speed with fast palm muting riffs and the fast bass drums sections. The short solo sections are fast and they don’t care a lot about the technique because it’s all about the speed, like the genre itself says. “Don’t Walk Alone” is more of the same impulsive style even if this time the structures have become a bit less catchy if we compare them with the ones on the first two/three tracks. However, it’s always a truly enjoyable speed metal attack like it is even for the last “Game of Death” that, anyway, has a bit more epic solutions to be darker too and catchier…the slower part comes by the middle and it’s normal for its quite considerable length, but it’s just a matter of seconds.All in all, this is another very good speed metal album from the best period for this genre and it’s recommended to those who are searching for sincere music in a period in which the technique and the excessive speed seem to be the only important elements.
Line Up:
Steve Gaines - Vocals (1984-1985, 1998-2005, 2008-2009, 2018-2019), Bass (1998-2005) - See also: Anger as Art, ex-Pagan War Machine, ex-Tactics, ex-Steve Gaines, ex-Bitch, ex-Bloodlust, ex-Dreams of Damnation, ex-Electrichead, ex-Prisoner
Mark 'The Shark' Caro - Guitars (1982-1987, 1998-2005, 2008-?, 2018-2019) - See also: Shark, ex-Evildead
Danny Oliverio - Guitars
Mel Sanchez - Bass - See also: ex-Evildead
Danny Amaya - Drums (R.I.P. 2017)
Production:
Recorded At – Hitman Studios
Mixed At – Indigo Ranch Studios
Mastered At – K Disc Mastering
Design – Cord Graphics
Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Mel Sanchez
Engineer – Dean Davis, Karat Faye
Liner Notes – Nicki Neil
Mastered By – Ken Perry
Photography By – Matthew Poe
Producer – Jay Jones
Written-By – Abattoir (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5 to 8)
Tracklist:
01. Screams from the Grave 03:24
02. Vicious Attack 02:54
03. The Enemy 03:12
04. Ace of Spades (Motörhead cover) 02:41
05. The Living and the Dead 03:42
06. Stronger Than Evil 03:02
07. Don't Walk Alone 03:18
08. Game of Death 05:02
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