Continuing our countdown of Crucial Years in Metal, we arrive at 1988. A year when thrash was approaching it's zenith and grindcore and death metal were beginning their rise. The rapidly approaching reign of Earache Records was only a few years away and the tent pole bands of Carcass and Napalm Death were changing as quickly as they released records. Within a few short years we'd see the rise of Swedish Death Metal scene, black metal's second coming and the apparent decline of the whole genre. Turbulent years are on the horizon, but 1988 marked a year of beginnings and endings in the various genres and sub-genres of the metal umbrella.
Metallica, "Blackened", ...and Justice For All
Talkset #1
Queensrÿche, "Spreading the Disease", Operation: Mindcrime
Voivod, "Tribal Convictions", Dimensional Hatross
Napalm Death, "Lucid Fairytale", From Enslavement to Obliteration
Carcass, "Burnt to a Crisp", Reek of Putrefaction
Bolt Thrower, "Concession of Pain", In Battle There is No Law
Talkset #2
Slayer, "Read Between the Lies", South of Heaven
Testament, "Trial by Fire", A New Order
Death, "Born Dead", Leprosy
Bathory, "For All Those Who Died", Blood Fire Death
Ministry, "The Missing", Land of Rape and Honey
Talkset #3
Soundgarden, "Beyond The Wheel", Ultramega OK
Danzig, "Mother", Danzig
Email us - [email protected]
Follow us on social media: