DEVASTATION Total Fkn Ripping Death (2007) CD

Before death metal had a name, there were bands like Devastation, playing something so vicious and unhinged that genre labels hadn't caught up yet. This is that era, compiled and reissued for people who know exactly why it matters.

Dallas, Texas, late 80s. Devastation sat in that brutal death/thrash crossover zone alongside Blood Feast and Sindrome, bands who were writing riffs that were genuinely too fast and too ugly for what most people considered thrash at the time. Total F**king Ripping Death collects that legacy into one place, a document of American extreme metal before it codified into something tidy. Essential context for anyone serious about where death metal actually came from, not just who got famous from it.

Full length compilation CD. Original 2007 release. U.S. death/thrash metal.

Fans of: Blood Feast, Insanity, Sindrome, Possessed.