- CD 1 -
01. Losers
02. Russian Roulette
03. It's Your Fate
04. Holy Wars
05. Catalepsy
06. Shattered Illusions
07. Life is Pain
08. Blood I Bleed
09. Widow's Walk
10. Vultures in the Sky
11. Blood I Bleed [Tiina Teal 2010]
12. Genocide (Catalepsy) [Tiina Teal 2010]
- CD 2 -
01. Shattered Illusions [Demo I 84]
02. Vultures in the Sky [Demo I 84]
03. Widows Walk [Demo II 84]
04. Holy Wars [Demo II 84]
05. Chemical Joy [Rehearsal 85]
06. Murder Inc [Live Dec. 5th, 1985 LA,CA]
07. Diseased [Demo III 87]
08. Wasted Time [Demo III 87]
09. All that Remain [Demo III 87]
10. Red to Grey [Demo IV 89]
11. Coming Down [Demo IV 89]
12. Loves Death [Demo IV 89]
13. Catalepsy - An Offering [Demo I 87]
14. Catalepsy - Evil Within [Demo I 87]
15. Catalepsy - Obituary Fear [Demo I 87]
16. Catalepsy - Under the Influence [Demo II 88]
17. Catalepsy - Law and Disorder [Demo II 88]
18. Catalepsy - Who Can You Trust [Demo II 88]
19. Catalepsy - Piece of My Heart (Janis Joplin) [Demo II 88]
Comment:
Definitive re-issue of this classic debut album from ‘86 by this truly cult Thrash Metal band from LA/California. Commemorating 30 years, this 2-CD includes all their demos & unreleased tracks as well as both CATALEPSY demos!!
When I was young I frequently listened to a weekly German Heavy Metal radio show called "Scream" on WDR1 and one day in 1986 the DJ played a song from “Recognize No Authority†which totally blew me away. The next day I went to the next record store and bought that album. Since then this is one of my absolute fave albums. “Recognize No Authority†is also one of the most underrated and unrecognized Thrash albums ever! What makes that album so special is the ass-kicking songwriting, the powerful riffs, the awesome lead guitar, the strong production and the unique vocal style of Dawn Crosby (R.I.P.). I’m not the biggest fan of female Metal vocals but Dawn had a very, very special voice. Her voice had an incredible intense and raw power, she sounded so aggressive, so vicious and so full of energy. In my humble opinion she had the ultimate female Thrash voice. 1986 was an excellent and glorious year for the Thrash and Speed Metal genre because masterpieces such as “Reign In Bloodâ€, “Master Of Puppetsâ€, “Darkness Descendsâ€, “Eternal Devastation†were released back then. I surely would also put “Recognize No Authority†on this list, if you think that’s blasphemy then just go and listen to this mighty album. I’m pretty sure the quality of incredible great songs such as 'Losers', 'Russian Roulette', 'Vultures In The Sky', 'Holy Wars' or 'Shattered Illusions' will convince every Thrash Metal lover. Unfortunately nothing the band released after their debut album is really worth mentioning. Also Dawn’s new band FEAR OF GOD and CATALEPSY (the band that was founded by three ex - DÉTENTE musicians) were not able to deliver anything that could come close to “Recognize No Authorityâ€. Anyway, this is a hell of a worthy re-release and there is a lot of bonus stuff on this two disc set: disc 1 includes the entire debut album plus two songs re-recorded in 2010 by the reunion line-up and Tiina Teal on vocals and disc 2 includes four DÉTENTE demos from 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, a rehearsal track and a live track from 1985 and two CATALEPSY demos from 1987 and 1988. So that’s a lot value for your money but like I said before nothing of this stuff is as good as “Recognize No Authorityâ€. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this re-release to you just because Dawn's voice is incredible and “Recognize No Authority†is one of the top Thrash Metal albums of all times and definitely a must have. So if you never listened to DÉTENTE but call yourself a Thrash Metal fan then something went horrible wrong in your life but fortunately you now have the chance to change that.
Sirva esta reflexión para agradecer y apoyar el esfuerzo de todos los sellos que creen en lo que publican, actual o reeditado, porque solo publican lo que les gusta, incluso arriesgando lo que en ocasiones no hay garantÃa de recuperar. Ahà reside la honestidad, la gran diferencia entre el negocio atroz y la más pura supervivencia en pro de un apoyo incondicional a la escena, no exenta de plena y en ocasiones ingrata pero necesaria dedicación. Vamos a por 2015…
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