Morbid Saint  

Morbid Saint was one of many 80's bands who managed a short career before disappearing off the face of the earth -- in this case, a single 1988 album released on an obscure Mexican label. This is one album worth tracking down, though, as Spectrum Of Death (also known as Lock Up Your Children, found as a rare demo some time before the official release) is a lost gem, a scorcher, with its death-tinged thrash never letting up and yet still holding up years later. The vocals are interesting, almost a black metal rasp, not the norm for thrash bands back then. Though not the most groundbreaking of albums, it clearly deserves more than a casual mention, and it most definitely deserves to be part of any respectable thrash metal collection. A modified lineup came together in 2010, and in 2012 a retrospective, Thrashaholic*, was released, combining the *Spectrum album along with their 1992 demo (Destruction System) and other tracks.

Current Members Pat Lind vocals Jay Visser guitars Kevin Koski guitars Bob Zabel bass Randy Wall drums

Former Members/Guests Jim Fergades guitars Tony Paletti bass Lee Reynolds drums

Discography

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Spectrum Of Death 
1988 Avanzada M.

Lock Up Your Children Burned At The Stake Assassin Damian Crying For Death Spectrum Of Death Scars Beyond The Gates Of Hell

Pat Lind Jay Visser Jim Fergades Tony Paletti Lee Reynolds

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Thrashaholic  COMPILATION
2012 self-released

Lock up Your Children Burned at the Stake Assassin Damien Crying for Death Spectrum of Death Scars Beyond the Gates of Hell Intro Death Before Dawn Thrashaholic Outro Intro Destruction System Darkness Unseen Depth of Sanity Disciples of Discipline Spectrum of Death II Halls of Terror Living Misery Sign of the Times Final Exit Dying Day Life's Blood Outro