Ultra-Violence

Ultra-Violence

Track Listings

1. Thrashers

2. Evil Preist

3. Voracious Souls

4. Kill as One

5. Ultra-Violence

6. Mistress of Pain

7. Final Death

8. L.P.F.S.

Ultra-Violence,Death Angel,Restless Records,Heavy Metal,Pop,Popular Music,Rock,Speed Metal,Thrash,United States of America

Average customer rating:

Mandatory purchase!!!

A Must Have

Oh Yes.

Not too innovative, but rock solid and very consistent

Evolution in progress, D.A. at infancy, a rough gem

Ultra-Violence
Death Angel
Manufacturer: Restless Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003BHR
Release Date: 1993-07-01

Tracks:

Thrashers
Evil Priest
Voracious Souls
Kill As One
The Ultra-Violence
Mistress Of Pain
Final Death
I.P.F.S.

Customer Reviews:

Mandatory purchase!!!.......2006-04-11

This my friends in their time, was one of the best thrash albums ever made. The guitar work here is excellent!!! With incredible solos, great vocals and solid musicianship throghout. Back in the day, i bought this on cassette, but now i get it on CD. So, if you like Dark Angel, Slayer, Forbidden, give this a try!!!

A Must Have.......2005-08-20

Every freakin' song will blow you away.This album is pure thrash.If you are a thrasher and you don't have this album you shouldn't be listening to thrash.When they made this album the age range was 14 to 19.The guitar's,bass,drums and vocals are pure thrash in this album.Mark Osegueda is awesome at high screams.This album was produced by Death Angel and gay Kirk Hammett.The song Thrashers is pure Megadeth style,except Megadeth isn't thrash there old stuff is speed metal.Kill As One has awesome high screams in it.
Every song rules it's hard to judge which ones are the best.If you like thrash and you don't have this album buy it,trust me you will like it.This is there only good album,well Frolic Through The Park is good.

Oh Yes........2004-10-23

Denfinately a required album for anybody into thrash metal. I absoulutly love the guitar work. This is the CD you play as you prepare to unleashe The Ultra-Violence onto mankind. Then, during all of the destruction and mayhem, you pop in your Dark Angel - Darkness Descends album and give them Merciless Death!

Not too innovative, but rock solid and very consistent.......2004-07-27

Good Metal here. Nice Metallica style thrash with atypically good production and some fun vocals. Thrash fans should not be disappointed.

The vox are a major point of debate on this album, but I like em. For the most part their pretty raw and vaguely punkish, though they still manage more melody than lotsa thrash vocalists.. What really makes them standout are the incredible, over the top shrieks which are thrown in every now and then. I doubt if I will ever tire of his girly shrieking. However, the vox on Thrashers are done by a different guy, who isn't as good, though he's competent. The albums got silly lyrics, as with much thrash, but who cares. They're kinda fun in a stupid way. The rhythm section is run of the mill thrash, but they get the job done. Solid leads by Cavestany. Not just a King or Hammet rip-off, and has got some actual melody and musicality to his work. The rhythm guitar work is very good. Riffs are very much like Metallica's, probably moreso than any other thrash band with the possible exception of Testament. Still not exactly the same style, however. A bit faster, and rougher, and quite not as chunky and rhythmic. Great guitar tone too. Very harsh sounding, but not overly fuzzy with good clarity and definition.

Only six real tracks, but all but one are very good to excellent. It's hurt by a general lack of variety, other than in the title track, but variety was rarely a thrash bands strong point anyway. The weak link in the album is the opener Thrashers. Weaker vox and subpar riffage which is repeated ad nauseam. Not too bad, particularly as the first song they wrote, but definitely shoulda been a minute or 2 shorter. Evil Priest is much better. Better riffs, better vox and much more variety. A solid piece all around. The next 4 tracks are the strongest pieces on the album. Voracious Souls is probably my favorite track. The chorus is absolutely great, and it's totally solid otherwise. Kill as One has got another great chorus, and a sweet main riff too. Especially great shrieking too. The title track is a ten minute instrumental. It never seems to be going anywhere in particular, but it's got tons of riffs which are consistently good, and some nice melody here and there.(the one they ripped off from Iron Maiden is probably the best) Plus, I just like epic instrumentals, and you don't hear them all that often. Mistress of Pain is probably the second best track on the album, and it probably has the best rhythm guitar work of any of them. It's a nicely constructed song too, contrasting the more moderately paced, but driving main/chorus riff with some more blazing speed riffs to great effect. More great shrieks too, perhaps the highest ones on the album. Final Death isn't quite as good as the previous 4 tracks, but it's still a very good thrash song. Nothing really distinguishes it, I suppose, but not something you oughta skip over either.

Well, that's it. Very good, Old-School Bay-Area style thrash. Nice and cheap too.

Evolution in progress, D.A. at infancy, a rough gem.......2004-07-20

Death Angel only had a three album Thrash career (1987-1990) but considering the short time they had been around they made quite an impact. The most amazing thing was that some of them were still in high school when this album came out.

On their first album they definitely went for speed over different time signatures. Mark Osqueda's voice is a little muted in the first song but he developes it throughout the album. It gets a little better as the album goes on. I'm of the opinion that he became more annoying in later albums. The guitar work is pretty good and is pretty fast in comparison to the other Thrash contenders at the time. The guitarist doesn't overuse the open E note so seasoned Thrashers will notice some notes in higher octaves picked over the chugga-chugga rants Thrash bands had been known for. The bassist is good as well and plays some interesting -albeit a little crazy- lines.

The drummer uses all the Thrash conventions at the time, double-bass, blast beats, but he also adds other things in too. At times he tries to play some funk lines or fusion over the run-of-the-mill Thrash drumming. This adds an interesting element to the drumming. He isn't very good at using the double-bass (it is horribly uneven) but he becomes an overall better drummer in later efforts.

A better effort than most Thrash bands at the time could deliver but I would get "Frolic through the Park" before you get this (if you already haven't). Harsh, relatively fast, clever, everything a Thrash album should be if it is going to stand the test of time -which Death Angel did.

Ultra-Violence
Average customer rating:

Best damn album ever

Ultra-Violence
Death Angel
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008EU5T
Release Date: 1990-10-25