Mortal Sin - Mayhemic Destruction (1987) (Dissonance Productions Limited Edition Digipak 2022)
Posted: 03 Sep 2024, 14:08
Mortal Sin - Mayhemic Destruction (1987) (Dissonance Productions Limited Edition Digipak 2022)
Year : 1987 (Dissonance Productions Limited Edition Digipak 2022)
Style : Thrash Metal , Speed Metal
Country : Australia
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 89 mb
Bio:
Mortal Sin were one of the first Australian thrash metal bands to achieve widespread recognition outside of the land down under. Inspired by the genre's earliest champions (especially Metallica and Anthrax), vocalist Mat Maurer, guitarists Paul Carwana and Steve Krstin, bassist Andy Eftichiou, and drummer Wayne Campbell caused quite a stir with their excellent 1987 debut, Mayhemic Destruction. Considered a minor thrash classic in its time, the album even had mighty Kerrang! Magazine touting them as the 'next big thing,' but their 1989 follow-up, Face of Despair (released by major label Polygram and introducing new guitar player, Mick Burke, supplanting Krstin), fell somewhat short of expectations; its superior production values were incapable of masking the mostly lackluster songwriting within. In retrospect, it's clear that creative stagnation had already set in, and despite opening for Metallica's Aussie tour later that year, and touring with Testament and Faith No More across Europe in 1990, the band's warring factions wound up splintering, following a disastrous benefit gig back in Sydney (fans destroyed the venue -- to the benefit of no one). With its musicians now scattered to the four winds, the book appeared to have closed on Mortal Sin's brief career, but bassist Eftichiou covertly set about assembling a new lineup that featured vocalist Steve Sly, guitarists Tom Dostoupil and Dave DeFrancesco, and drummer Nash Hall. It was only a matter of weeks before his outraged former bandmates got wind of his plans and initiated legal proceedings to strip him of the right to use their collectively-owned name, but not in time to stop the release of a third, obviously very dubious Mortal Sin album in 1991's Rebellious Youth. A six-year silence ensued for hatchet-burying purposes, but original members Maurer, Eftichiou, and Campbell did eventually decide to reconvene Mortal Sin with the aid of guitarists Anthony Hoffman and Troy Scerri, and recorded an EP entitled Revolution of the Mind. Since its release in 1997, Mortal Sin have continued to reunite for the occasional concert, but no actual new recordings have surfaced.
Album:
Updated re-issue of Mortal Sin’s classic thrash metal debut ‘Mayhemic Destruction’, originally released in 1987, with extensive liner notes and contributions from the band.• Newly remastered, the release features liner notes from respected metal writer Malcolm Dome who conducted new interviews with the band, and also from former touring drummer Steve Hughes, now a hugely successful stand up comedian.Album: When it comes to metal music in Australia, there was a limited amount of bands that played thrash metal and very few good of them gathered a little bit of recognition. Of course, with all the other extreme metal scenes going on at the time, these outsiders obviously took some inspiration to craft their music. In the case of Mortal Sin, which was most likely the most known act from that country at the time, definitely were influenced by the Bay Area scene as well as the German one. Taking elements from Metallica to Destruction, Kreator and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost managed to create a pretty original sound, especially at their beginning. Unfortunately, like many other bands in the 80s, they didn't suceed in producing much good material before splitting-up in the early 90s. However, despite being kind of a late band from a historic point of view regarding the evolution of the genre, Mortal Sin were still quite a great step forward in their country side and brought a different interesting approach then what other bands mentioned above did before.The first full length album from Mortal Sin called "Mayhemic Destruction" was released in 1987. To be quite honest, there's not that much material on the album altogether, seven musical track and one instrumental introduction. The cover art of the album is quite cool, but I personally prefer the re-issue cover of that same record. The album is kicking off with "The Curse", which didn't contain anything special to me. I guess it sets up the mood for the album and shows what it sounds like... but the first real song "Women in Leather" is getting things heating up with its heavy mdi-paced riffs, no memorable chorus or passages though. Nothing really exceptional at this point some might say, but the big thing is coming up with the 7 minutes long classic "Lebanon". The guitar duo Carwana/Krstin displays a little bit of influence from the NWOBHM with their melodic approach on this track, of course followed by the restless speedy riff shortly after the epic chorus. One thing very noticeable is how prominent the bass is on this album. The guitars are sometimes even buried by the intense tone of bass in tracks like the catchy "Into the Fire" or the more melodic "Liar".More often than not, it's the opposite situation that happens in 80s records. However, in that case, for the short period of time when there's no bass, the guitars are getting the upper hand. You can better hear the originally great tone used in songs like the straightforward speed metal "Blood, Death, Hatred" and the brutal "Mortal Slaughter", which display an interesting extreme metal vocal experimentation with those background demonic growls in the chorus. I've never been a big fan of Mat Maurer's vocals but they are still quite good for the genre played, especially in my favorite track, which is the last self-titled track of the album "Mayhemic Destruction". When listening to that song, i'm kind of thinking that i'm listening to a different band because it is so different in term of brutality and those extreme vocals inspired by the German scene are especially displayed at the end part of the track. What we get as a result is a pretty varied record that features a lot of different tempo and influences, rather than being speed from the beginning to the end like many of their counter parts.Taking a look in the production side of this album, as mentioned before the bass is more prominent than the guitars, but other than that, the drums have a great sound and balanced accordingly. On the lyrical side, Mortal Sin started by using the occult themes as many other bands at the time but to some extent only. They quickly moved to other subjects on their next record, which was not even close to be as good as this one, to me at least. Overall, "Mayhem Destruction" is a very competent effort and features a lot of variety despite its small amount of material on it. I would say that it's an album very accessible and easy to get into. Even if some tracks are less phenomenal than some others, it's still something to look into and I recommend it to fans of old school thrash/speed metal. If you look for something outside of the typical USA bands, give this a shot.
Line Up:
Mat Maurer - Vocals
Andy Eftichiou - Bass - See also: ex-Who's Guilty
Paul Carwana - Guitars
Keith Krstin - Guitars
Wayne Campbell - Drums
Tracklist:
01. The Curse 02:22 instrumental
02. Women in Leather 04:49
03. Lebanon 07:22
04. Liar 04:19
05. Blood, Death, Hatred 03:54
06. Mortal Slaughter 03:13
07. Into the Fire 04:41
08. Mayhemic Destruction 05:12
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Year : 1987 (Dissonance Productions Limited Edition Digipak 2022)
Style : Thrash Metal , Speed Metal
Country : Australia
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 89 mb
Bio:
Mortal Sin were one of the first Australian thrash metal bands to achieve widespread recognition outside of the land down under. Inspired by the genre's earliest champions (especially Metallica and Anthrax), vocalist Mat Maurer, guitarists Paul Carwana and Steve Krstin, bassist Andy Eftichiou, and drummer Wayne Campbell caused quite a stir with their excellent 1987 debut, Mayhemic Destruction. Considered a minor thrash classic in its time, the album even had mighty Kerrang! Magazine touting them as the 'next big thing,' but their 1989 follow-up, Face of Despair (released by major label Polygram and introducing new guitar player, Mick Burke, supplanting Krstin), fell somewhat short of expectations; its superior production values were incapable of masking the mostly lackluster songwriting within. In retrospect, it's clear that creative stagnation had already set in, and despite opening for Metallica's Aussie tour later that year, and touring with Testament and Faith No More across Europe in 1990, the band's warring factions wound up splintering, following a disastrous benefit gig back in Sydney (fans destroyed the venue -- to the benefit of no one). With its musicians now scattered to the four winds, the book appeared to have closed on Mortal Sin's brief career, but bassist Eftichiou covertly set about assembling a new lineup that featured vocalist Steve Sly, guitarists Tom Dostoupil and Dave DeFrancesco, and drummer Nash Hall. It was only a matter of weeks before his outraged former bandmates got wind of his plans and initiated legal proceedings to strip him of the right to use their collectively-owned name, but not in time to stop the release of a third, obviously very dubious Mortal Sin album in 1991's Rebellious Youth. A six-year silence ensued for hatchet-burying purposes, but original members Maurer, Eftichiou, and Campbell did eventually decide to reconvene Mortal Sin with the aid of guitarists Anthony Hoffman and Troy Scerri, and recorded an EP entitled Revolution of the Mind. Since its release in 1997, Mortal Sin have continued to reunite for the occasional concert, but no actual new recordings have surfaced.
Album:
Updated re-issue of Mortal Sin’s classic thrash metal debut ‘Mayhemic Destruction’, originally released in 1987, with extensive liner notes and contributions from the band.• Newly remastered, the release features liner notes from respected metal writer Malcolm Dome who conducted new interviews with the band, and also from former touring drummer Steve Hughes, now a hugely successful stand up comedian.Album: When it comes to metal music in Australia, there was a limited amount of bands that played thrash metal and very few good of them gathered a little bit of recognition. Of course, with all the other extreme metal scenes going on at the time, these outsiders obviously took some inspiration to craft their music. In the case of Mortal Sin, which was most likely the most known act from that country at the time, definitely were influenced by the Bay Area scene as well as the German one. Taking elements from Metallica to Destruction, Kreator and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost managed to create a pretty original sound, especially at their beginning. Unfortunately, like many other bands in the 80s, they didn't suceed in producing much good material before splitting-up in the early 90s. However, despite being kind of a late band from a historic point of view regarding the evolution of the genre, Mortal Sin were still quite a great step forward in their country side and brought a different interesting approach then what other bands mentioned above did before.The first full length album from Mortal Sin called "Mayhemic Destruction" was released in 1987. To be quite honest, there's not that much material on the album altogether, seven musical track and one instrumental introduction. The cover art of the album is quite cool, but I personally prefer the re-issue cover of that same record. The album is kicking off with "The Curse", which didn't contain anything special to me. I guess it sets up the mood for the album and shows what it sounds like... but the first real song "Women in Leather" is getting things heating up with its heavy mdi-paced riffs, no memorable chorus or passages though. Nothing really exceptional at this point some might say, but the big thing is coming up with the 7 minutes long classic "Lebanon". The guitar duo Carwana/Krstin displays a little bit of influence from the NWOBHM with their melodic approach on this track, of course followed by the restless speedy riff shortly after the epic chorus. One thing very noticeable is how prominent the bass is on this album. The guitars are sometimes even buried by the intense tone of bass in tracks like the catchy "Into the Fire" or the more melodic "Liar".More often than not, it's the opposite situation that happens in 80s records. However, in that case, for the short period of time when there's no bass, the guitars are getting the upper hand. You can better hear the originally great tone used in songs like the straightforward speed metal "Blood, Death, Hatred" and the brutal "Mortal Slaughter", which display an interesting extreme metal vocal experimentation with those background demonic growls in the chorus. I've never been a big fan of Mat Maurer's vocals but they are still quite good for the genre played, especially in my favorite track, which is the last self-titled track of the album "Mayhemic Destruction". When listening to that song, i'm kind of thinking that i'm listening to a different band because it is so different in term of brutality and those extreme vocals inspired by the German scene are especially displayed at the end part of the track. What we get as a result is a pretty varied record that features a lot of different tempo and influences, rather than being speed from the beginning to the end like many of their counter parts.Taking a look in the production side of this album, as mentioned before the bass is more prominent than the guitars, but other than that, the drums have a great sound and balanced accordingly. On the lyrical side, Mortal Sin started by using the occult themes as many other bands at the time but to some extent only. They quickly moved to other subjects on their next record, which was not even close to be as good as this one, to me at least. Overall, "Mayhem Destruction" is a very competent effort and features a lot of variety despite its small amount of material on it. I would say that it's an album very accessible and easy to get into. Even if some tracks are less phenomenal than some others, it's still something to look into and I recommend it to fans of old school thrash/speed metal. If you look for something outside of the typical USA bands, give this a shot.
Line Up:
Mat Maurer - Vocals
Andy Eftichiou - Bass - See also: ex-Who's Guilty
Paul Carwana - Guitars
Keith Krstin - Guitars
Wayne Campbell - Drums
Tracklist:
01. The Curse 02:22 instrumental
02. Women in Leather 04:49
03. Lebanon 07:22
04. Liar 04:19
05. Blood, Death, Hatred 03:54
06. Mortal Slaughter 03:13
07. Into the Fire 04:41
08. Mayhemic Destruction 05:12
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/