MORTAL SIN Face Of Despair CD 1989

In 1989, Sydney's Mortal Sin were doing something that most of the world hadn't caught up to yet. Face of Despair, their second full length, hit at peak thrash and proved conclusively that Australia had no interest in simply following the American playbook.

This is Australian thrash metal at its most unhinged and most sincere, equal parts Slayer's precision violence and something scrappier and angrier that you can only really get from a band that grew up far from the scene they were trying to join. Mat Maurer's vocals are a weapon, the riffs are relentless, and the production has exactly the right amount of grit for a record made in 1989. If you're building a serious metal collection or just want to know what was happening in Australian heavy music before most people were paying attention, this is the document.

CD. Full length album. Australian release. Genre: Thrash Metal.

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