SATAN – Court In The Act picture-LP

Released in 1983 under the Roadrunner Records label, Satan's debut album boasts a unique heaviness that outweighs what many extreme metal albums are capable of providing to the listener, up to the point of making them look girly. Its savage and monstrous guitar work is what makes the difference if compared to other releases brought out during the NWOBHM, and it marked a path for the way forward in such a fast-evolving subgenre. Things are, however, not only summarized to what has been done by the powerful guitar duo consisting of the skilled Russ Tippins and Steve Ramsey. Also, the tremendous drumming from Sean Taylor reached an unseen intensity that became a reference for the not yet defined thrash metal in more than one way.