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:	post by AUTOPSY_666 at 2006-12-15 03:33:29

Exhorder - Get Rude, Demo, 1986

This is the first of the two demos Exhorder released in the 80's that Phil Anselmo, apparently, spread like the plague throughout Texas and whilst Anselmo and co. were buffing up their codpieces and teasing their locks, Exhorder were making the first steps towards their breathtaking thrash intensity on Slaughter In The Vatican and The Law.

All the tracks on here are well executed and show a good example of their infancy. The trademark scratchy production is pretty prevalent and the guitar tone is nowhere near the realms of trouser soiling brutality on Slaughter In The Vatican but from the demo its clear to see they were a promising unit.

Bestial Noises lends the demo a dangerous , if somewhat of a cliche, air and Wake The Dead is a steady instrumental which plods and darts away with velocity as does the follow up "Ripping Flesh" which takes a huge leaf out of the Dark Angel book of a "Thousand neck snapping riffs a minute and lightning fast vocals".

The remaining 3 tracks are all competently delivered however Exhorders famed asset of the suffocatingly heavy guitar tone isnt on show and so the tracks lack that extra kick. Without it they sound like another band from that period who tried to recreate their own "Darkness Descends" i.e Sacrifice (Can), Sadus, Devastation.

Another factor which sets it apart from the Vatican album and The Law is Kyle Thomas's Vocals which are a style very similar to that guy from Sacrifice (Can) and dont really show traces of the unique style he later innovated with and Phil Anselmo if not ripped off, took ENORMOUS cues from.

Overall a half decent first step and theyd improve on their next demo.

Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican, Demo, 1988

This is what made Roadrunner Records resoundingly clear their bowels and bladders, stand up and take notice and throw some benjamins at the violent Thrash quartet from New Orleans to produce the Vatican album.

The tracks on here are a big step from the scratchy beginnings of the "Get Rude" demo and the jaw-dropping riffwork is beginning to make it mark, although the guitar tone wouldn't be prevalent until Scott Burns' godly intervention.

This sounds more like ground-breaking Thrash rather than their run of the mill, 2nd rate Dark Angel beginnings.

Homicide kicks it off with their trademark frenetic aggression alongside neck-snap-able riffs and Thomas' vocals which are pretty ordinary on this demo and the first. There's no real glimpses of his legendary style (as Phillip Anselmo can testify!) he later used on their 2 albums which was a brilliant and unique compliment to the thrashing. On here he sounds like your Average Joe Thrash vocalist.

Desecrator and Death In Vain follow up Homicide with their renowned charms and competent riffs throughout although not as penetrating and devastating as they are on their albums due to... yes you've guessed it... THAT guitar tone. Their biggest asset and what makes the difference between them being a 2nd rate Dark Angel clones (ala Viking and Sadus) and them producing some of the best offerings to the table of Heavy Metal.

The rest of the demo is competent and decent but lacks that extra kick that takes it over the hill of true genius and when Exhorder's material was touched by the hand of god a.k.a Scott Burns they were able to achieve that.

Still a decent demo and well worth checking out for fans interested in the roots of one of the best and to this day, most underrated bands in the history of Metal.

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