VIO-LENCE - OPPRESSING THE MASSES

Oppressing the Masses was the second full length from bay area thrashers Vio-lence released in 1990.  I mentioned this band in an earlier post about the Converge - Downpour / Serial Killer 5" as Serial Killer is a Vio-lence song which was on their debut full length Eternal Nightmare.

If you're into old Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer or any other 80s thrash bands and haven't listened to Vio-lence then you should check them out.

Converge - Downpour / Serial Killer

This is the only 5" record I own, so for me it is a bit of a novelty, but the material contained on here is solid.

The two tracks are Downpour, which sounds most like a When Forever Comes Crashing era track and Serial Killer, a Vio-lence cover from their Eternal Nightmare album. Vio-lence is probably best known as the band Robb Flynn from Machine Head was in before Machine Head, which is a shame as they were a great 80's thrash band that should be mentioned in the same circles as Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. Yep, it's a crazy world.

First Press White Vinyl 218/1000