D.B.C. - Universe LP (Transparent Blue Vinyl) (Pre-order)
Release date is November 14th 2025.
The 1989 Canadian Thrash Metal classic, raw, relentless, remastered and re-issued!
Progressive Thrash Metal from 1989 that any 80’s Thrasher must know.
The story is thus: a Canadian Thrash band in the three-letter tradition of D.R.I. and C.O.C. is forced apparently by an unusually harsh winter into its practice space for an extended stay, and emerges with new instrumental prowess.
A lot of the speed/Thrashing bashers (Destruction, Deathrow, Living Death, Voivod, etc.) from the mid-80’s stopped to look around at some stage, asking themselves whether they
really liked this interesting primal noise they were producing or if they were actually capable of creating much more engaging and challenging music.
Our “brain donors” here were one of them.
In a manner quite reminiscent of Voivod’s last two (at the time) the delivery transcends the borders of Thrash and embarks on a journey around the progressive metal kaleidoscope without following any rigid canons.
The experimentation is not as ostentatious as the one on the works of their compatriots as Thrash is still featured prominently giving a nice dynamic flavour to the complex mosaics, a more belligerent edge.
The Thrash Metal fanbase would still be bemused by what the guys had cooked here, but bewildered faces would be more than just an isolated phenomenon in the crowd.
Mentioning spacing out, there was by all means more room for more eccentricity and eclecticism to be applied to this exciting amorphous musical formula, but while the audience were anticipating the band’s version of “Nothingface” or “No More Color”, they announced the end of their spell with the music industry.
• Originally released on Combat Records in 1989, being the quality label of Dark Angel, Possessed, Death, Nuclear Assault
• Produced by Garth Richardson (a.o. W.A.S.P., Alice Cooper, Melvins, Mötley Crüe, Rage Against The Machine)
• LP comes on transparent blue vinyl limited to 500 copies with original artwork
For fans of: Voivod, Coroner, Deathrow, Nuclear Assault.