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Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence



8.6 | 378 votes |
Release date: 23 April 1987
Style: Bay Area thrash metal

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Disc I
01. Thrashers
02. Evil Priest
03. Voracious Souls
04. Kill As One
05. The Ultra-Violence
06. Mistress Of Pain
07. Final Death
08. I.P.F.S.

Disc II [Artifacts and Archives re-issue bonus]
01. No Time for Love [Heavy Metal Insanity 1983 demo version]
02. The Hunted [Heavy Metal Insanity 1983 demo version]
03. Intruder [Heavy Metal Insanity 1983 demo version]
04. Barren Lands [Heavy Metal Insanity 1983 demo version]
05. Thrashers [Kill As One 1985 demo version]
06. Kill As One [Kill As One 1985 demo version]
07. The Ultra-Violence [Kill As One 1985 demo version]

Top 20 albums of 1987: 11

Additional info
Mark Osegueda - Vocals
Rob Cavestany - Guitar
Gus Pepa - Guitar
Dennis Pepa - Bass, Vocals
Andy Galeon - Drums

Dennis Pepa does vocals on "Thrashers".

Two re-issues of this album had either the "Kill As One" demo as bonus or the "Heavy Metal Insanity" demo as bonus.

Guest review by
s7mon
Rating:
9.5
I think I'm not the only one to believe that Death Angel never quite got the credit they deserve. And I don't even mean the commercial success of Megadeth or Anthrax, but at least the respect that metalheads show to the likes of Testament or Overkill. And I think that these Bay Area thrashers have the right to feel harmed by the metal community, as they have done everything to become a highly recognized metal band, including starting off with a phenomenal debut album.

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published 09.04.2012 | Comments (5)

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26.02.2010 - 03:31
Rating: 9
Novas

Death Angel's best album was their debut, but changed their thrashy sound afterwards. This album would sound great if re-recorded. They should come back to their original sound & deffinitely bring out some more releases too.
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29.03.2010 - 11:27
Rating: 10
Dangerboner
Lactation Cnslt
Yep, definitely their best. Mistress of Pain is my favorite
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22.06.2012 - 00:08
Metalex

DEATH ANGEL RULES! CHEERS!
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23.12.2012 - 10:27
megadeath13
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Excellent debut from a underrated Bay Area thrash band. Thrashers, Voracious Souls and Kill as one just rule.
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02.01.2013 - 07:30
Rating: 9
3AN

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20.01.2014 - 23:04
Rating: 9
musicalkaratekid

Ace album. Perhaps their best. The title track is brilliantly written and "Voracious souls" and "Thrashers" are two clear cut examples of how to do thrash the best way possible.
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23.02.2014 - 21:19
Rating: 10
Himedal

Holly fucking shit. this is fucking awesome. ouch...my neck!
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What goes by is life to be taken
The doom calls upon the forsaken
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05.05.2014 - 06:56
Lit.
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I think the only song I ever enjoyed off this album was the title track. DA is another example of a band whose later stuff shits over the older.
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05.05.2014 - 14:43
Charly546

It's a nice and fun thrash album, but unfortunately there isn't anything really special here. Worth a listen every once in a while though.
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15.05.2015 - 20:59
Rating: 9
Guib
Thrash Talker
This is a thrashterpiece. I'm surprised at you Lit. to be honest O.o ... Mistress Of Pain Evil Priest ? anyways...
Fuckin' Love it.
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Guib's List Of Essential Albums
- Also Thrash Paradise
Thrash Here
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16.05.2015 - 02:20
Fearmeister
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Yea, DA never lived up to this album. Tis a shame
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16.05.2015 - 02:35
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Guest on 16.05.2015 at 02:20

Yea, DA never lived up to this album. Tis a shame



well Act III was actually better, but that;s it.

And damn look at how young the guys were when they recorded The Ultra-Violence. Oldest member 17? And the drummer just 13.
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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12.10.2016 - 15:23
Rating: 9
Joppe
Steelemeister
Definitely one of the bay area classics. Band should've continued this way on the 2nd album IMO. The transition in their style was justifiable on "Act III", because the songs were actually impressively good and the album isn't overly long like "Frolic". This one I see as their best thrash album.

Thrashers
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26.03.2017 - 01:00
Rating: 9
Redel

Clearly their masterpiece. Title track best instrumental metal song ever I am aware of.
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07.02.2019 - 16:19
Rating: 5
Mountain King
K i K o
Damn bloody overrated.
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26.07.2019 - 23:35
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Maybe only album where album title has same instrumental song, I fant name any other
Good album , my fav song is Voracious Souls.
I neve rliked this band beck in the days I dunno why, not its just blast, new discovered old band. Its killer
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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23.11.2021 - 13:31
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Good solid Thrash album to listen to once in a while, but I can only really appreciate it in small doses, it can become a wee bit tedious after a while, it's the vocalists screams which sounds like a girl that puts me off. There are some real classics on this album though, the title track in particular is phanomanal! The best instrumental song in thrash imo.
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23.11.2021 - 14:02
JoHn Doe

Written by Mountain King on 07.02.2019 at 16:19

Damn bloody overrated.


I "damn bloody" disagree.
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23.11.2021 - 15:10
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Written by JoHn Doe on 23.11.2021 at 14:02

Written by Mountain King on 07.02.2019 at 16:19

Damn bloody overrated.


I "damn bloody" disagree.

Well the title song certainly isn't
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14.12.2021 - 18:06
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Great aggressive, adolescent thrash! The highlight is definitely the instrumental title track - what an absolute masterpiece of a song!
The rest of the songs aren't as epic, but they're overall enjoyable, Bay-Area thrash! (Voracious Souls is especially good )
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14.12.2021 - 20:08
Rating: 9
Redel

Written by F3ynman2000 on 14.12.2021 at 18:06

Great aggressive, adolescent thrash! The highlight is definitely the instrumental title track - what an absolute masterpiece of a song!
The rest of the songs aren't as epic, but they're overall enjoyable, Bay-Area thrash! (Voracious Souls is especially good )

That was exactly my initial view on this album.
Several years later I realized that all songs here are excellent, though title track and Voracious Souls still being my favourite ones.
Today the album ranks top 5-6 of my all-time favourite thrash albums.
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