{"product_id":"hobbs-angel-of-death-cd-1988","title":"HOBBS' ANGEL OF DEATH CD (1988)","description":"\u003cp\u003e1988. The same year Reign in Blood was still fresh and most Australian bands were still figuring out what extreme metal even meant. Peter Hobbs already knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe self-titled debut from Hobbs' Angel of Death landed like a threat, raw thrash\/death metal recorded in Australia at a time when that combination barely existed anywhere on the planet. It sits comfortably alongside the first wave of American and European extremity, not as a derivative but as a parallel evolution, proof that the Melbourne and broader Australian underground was generating genuine darkness without waiting for overseas blueprints. This is a foundational document of Australian metal history, the kind of record that gets referenced in the same breath as Sadistik Execution and early Slayer, and for good reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD, full length album. Originally released 1988. Australian thrash\/death metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of: Slayer, Possessed, Sadistik Execution, Sodom, Gospel of Horns\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Invasion Music MIM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549538607295,"sku":"9317507733920","price":34.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/3633\/0175\/files\/original_db1baa8d-8060-4aab-a95d-7e2c5a9fd28f.jpg?v=1777055857","url":"https:\/\/www.alt-cvlt.com.au\/products\/hobbs-angel-of-death-cd-1988","provider":"ALT CVLT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}