HOBBS' ANGEL OF DEATH Satan's Crusade CD (2003)

There's a short list of records that put Australian metal on the world map, and Peter Hobbs has his name on more than one of them.

Satan's Crusade from 2003 is Hobbs' Angel of Death deep into their second act, still swinging the same thrash/death hammer they'd been wielding since the late eighties, and still sounding like they had something to prove. Peter Hobbs is one of those figures the local scene reveres quietly and the international underground talks about loudly, the kind of musician who influenced bands that influenced bands. For anyone serious about the history of Australian metal, this record is the missing piece between the early HAOD era and what the local extreme scene became through the 2000s.

Format: CD, full length album. Released 2003. Australian thrash/death metal.

Fans of: Slayer, Possessed, Gospel of Horns, Destruction, Sadistik Execution