Teenage me was very excited for Bonded by Blood, I feel like there was a lot of pre-release hype for it. Teenage me was then very disappointed upon actually getting it, because that shit sucked. Baloff was a joke, I just couldn't get past those awful vocals. Think I listened to it once. Gave 'em another shot with the next record, there was one good riff on Chemi-kill and that was it. Crap.

M.H wrote: Bonded by Blood is the best thrash debut - anyone who disagrees is a poser.

I am a poser but you crazy. Kill 'em All is the best thrash debut, and one of the best debuts ever. Killing is my Business and Death Angel's The Ultraviolence are also light years better than any Exodus.

I think Killing is my Business might be the best debut. Early Megadeth had this crazy combination of mean speed/thrash and jazz fusion. It paved the way for bands like Coroner and Voivod.

Saw Coroner back in the day at a small club and they were awesome, that guitar player ripped.

I've said it before on here, but I'd put that OG Megadeth lineup up against any band, any genre for originality and musicianship. Those first two records are really unique, totally bonkers riffs, and Gar and Chris really added a lot. I remember listening to KIMB when it came out and just staring at the speakers like WTF is going on? The terrible production just kinda added to the mystique.

MoreSpaceEcho wrote: I am a poser but you crazy. Kill 'em All is the best thrash debut, and one of the best debuts ever. Killing is my Business and Death Angel's The Ultraviolence are also light years better than any Exodus.

K'eA is a very very close second but is a more inconsistent record compared to BbB. Obviously Metallica evolved into something greater by album two and Exodus simply didn't.

DA MASSIVELY overrated band, IMO. I'd put Overkill's first one up there; another album that shoulda been released much earlier but was held back by label struggles.

Overkill were one of those bands that I liked alright, but I think their peak was Years of Decay. Bobby's voice had gotten more tolerable. They have been particularly strong this century even if they keep making the same record.

The Ultraviolence is sick, but DA got progressively goofier. Mark still has a great voice.

Rocking band! Bonded by blood was one of the very first thrash albums I heard as a kid back in 85 which I picked up on the strength of hearing them on the first Speed Kills comp(sidenote:the first 3 volumes of Speed Kills were *crucial* for introducing me to more bands than Metallica and the underground in general; if I remember correctly, they were priced like a maxi-single:https://www.discogs.com/master/856244-V ... peed-Metal ). Still love it and still think Baloff was perfect for this type of music.
Next album with the Bon Scott-soundalike on vocals was good but a bit underwhelming comparably and their songwriting already then a bit outdated with a lack of thrash/mosh breaks in the faster songs which I honestly think hurt them more than change of vocalist; even next album Fabulous Disaster was a bit too "heavy metal" in its dynamics. It was great though but arrived a bit too late since the Earache/death/grind thing had taken over in the underground amongst people my age here in sweden and Exodus had not crossed over like the Big 4 or even lames like Testament and Overkill; they were stuck in some kind of limbo...

MoreSpaceEcho wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 11:04 am Saw Coroner back in the day at a small club and they were awesome, that guitar player ripped.

I've said it before on here, but I'd put that OG Megadeth lineup up against any band, any genre for originality and musicianship. Those first two records are really unique, totally bonkers riffs, and Gar and Chris really added a lot. I remember listening to KIMB when it came out and just staring at the speakers like WTF is going on? The terrible production just kinda added to the mystique.

Also Dave's vocals were about 61% unintelligible garbed growling. I remember hearing Mechanix after having listened to Horsemen a few times, same reaction as yours. I still have my OG pressing disc around somewhere; I prefer it to any remastered version hands down.

I've still got the OG vinyl as well. The remixed version is an abomination, it sounds like he sample replaced the drums and high passed the guitars at like 500hz, it's just laughably bad.

I've always liked four horsemen way better than Mechanix, but the rest of the record rips. Looking Down The Cross is a perfect metal song.

I play Killing is my Business and Rattlehead on the guitar fairly often. Coroner's Masked Jackal is another. Great warm-up songs.

Killing is my business is your WARM UP song? That shit is unplayable!