AVALON Avalon (1987) Formed in 1986 by American guitarist Ken C. Jack (ex-Dark Mission), Avalon are a Danish based four-piece who also feature vocalist John Mathias (ex-Healer / Narcissus), bassist Thomas Rytter (ex-Graf Spee / Narcissus) and drummer Flemming Kenneth (ex-Dark Mission / Maltese Falcon). Incidentally, Flemming Kenneth is also drum roadie for Metallica’s Lars […]

INFERNÄL MÄJESTY – Death Defying Metal Borivoj Krgin Metal Forces, Issue 26 (1987) Infernäl Mäjesty (l-r): Psycopath, Chris Bailey, Kenny Hallman, Rick Nemes and Steve Terror Toronto is hardly what I’d call a hot bed of metal activity, particularly when it comes to thrash metal. More than likely, most of you have at least heard […]

TESLA – Rhyme And Resonance Dave Reynolds Metal Forces, Issue 26 (1987) Tesla (l-r): Tommy Skeoch, Brian Wheat, Jeff Keith, Troy Luccketta and Frank Hannon Released in the last remaining weeks of 1986, Tesla’s debut album, Mechanical Resonance, is going great guns, especially in the US thanks to opening slots on tours with David Lee […]

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WILDEE Wildee (1987) From Rome in Italy, Wildee were first featured in Metal Forces back in issue #18, when they went under the moniker of Mayhem. Now it’s fairly obvious why they decided to change the name, so it’s no surprise to find that they’ve actually changed direction too; less European sounding, now more in […]

VULCANOAnthropophagy Rock Brigade (1987)Rating: 6.5/10 Being a diehard Sepultura fanatic, I am certainly very open-minded towards other death / thrash metal bands from South America, and more specifically Brazil. In fact, I have made it my business over the last 18 months or so to try and check out as many Brazilian death / thrash […]