Slaughter . Strappado . Canadian Metal . LP

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Slaughter . Strappado . Canadian Metal . LP

No, this Slaughter is not the same pretty-boy glam metal outfit from the early '90s. There was indeed another Slaughter, hailing from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, and specializing in brutal thrash metal. The group -- Dave Hewson (vocals and guitars), Terry Sadler (vocals and bass), and Ron Sumners (drums) -- originally formed in August of 1984 and, a year later, had issued a pair of demo tapes that made the rounds in the metal underground: Bloody Karnage and Surrender or Die. In 1986, Slaughter issued their debut full-length, Strappado, supporting it with opening gigs for the likes of Celtic Frost, Voivod, Kreator, Exodus, Corrosion of Conformity, D.R.I., Sacrifice, and G.B.H. A sophomore effort was recorded off and on from 1988 through 1990 (with a proposed title of Paranormal), but the album was shelved when Slaughter broke up 1990.

This is the Canadian band named Slaughter, and their lone 1987 album, Strappado (named after a medieval torture tactic that had victims suspended by their hands, while these were tied behind their backs), contained improbably raw blackened thrash reminiscent of the earliest works of Voivod or, say, Sepultura. In other words, there are no hair products in sight! Instead, Strappado's crusty brand of gutter thrash pushes past boundaries of musical decency in the same brusque fashion as Motörhead and then Venom before them. (AMG)

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