STONE 1st LP Mechanic Records Finland thrash Stam1na Children Of Bodom Testament
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Description
STONE - Stone LP (1988 Mechanic Records MCA-42175)
Track Listing:
Get Stoned
No Commands
Eat Your Pride
The Day Of Death
Reached Out
Real Delusion
Brain Damage
Escape
Final Countdown
Overtake
Item Condition:
Used. Black vinyl has no marks. Lyric inner sleeve has a small split on the side opposite the opening. Cover has very minor wear, including the beginning of ringwear to the back.
Description:
There were many speed/thrash metal bands in Finland in the late 80's. Stone was the first finnish speed metal band to record an album. Maybe the most influential band on finnish metal scene changed their style a bit on every album. The first one is an ordinary speed/thrash in the way of (early) Metallica. The guys were young, but their playing skills were high. Band gained much criticism due to their crappy lyrics and bassist/singer Janne Joutsenniemi's singing voice. But it was also praised, mainly because of the awesome guitarist Jiri Jalkanen and Roope Latvala, and the drummer Pekka Kasari is also great. Latvala also drew the cover, which has a little suspicious crowd, just take a closer look. The band went quite popular. Their album was released also in the US, where it sold something between 20,000-30,000. They had even a tour booked to support Testament, but Stone's involment was cancelled after few gigs. Album contains lots of classic Stone material. The album starts with "Get stoned". Even it's intro is a classic! "No commands" is a little bit slower, but still powerful. Song increases tempo till the end. "Eat your pride" is much alike to two previous tracks. Still powerful stuff. "The day of death" has dark and technical intro. Then the two guitars throw, one powerful bass and heavy drumming crush like a tank. The song has an odd, acoustic interval section, then the tank rolls up again. "Reached out" begins a bit slowly, but quickly turns into fast thrash monster with that normal open E riff. Pre-chorus is simple with the line "fuck off and die" but it's still effective. Then they throw in a insane guitar solo! "Real delusion"'s main riff is yet crushing, like many other riffs on this record. "Brain damage" starts with technical parts, which doesn't sound exaggerating at all. "Brain damage" turns out to be a normal Stone song. "Escape" is again a bit slower in the beginning, but speeds up again. Then the band gives us a musical surprise in the form of "Final Countdown". They play it about for a minute and in that time they totally rape the swedish Europe's hit song. It surely wasn't made seriously! The final song of the album is titled "Overtake", which has an open E riff and fast vocals. The song sounds like it's Overkill's. Then it slows down a while, for being speeding up again! Band ends up the song and the whole record in the, what sounds it's final. Band's ability to write incredible and memorable songs is stunning! Many bands can't ever write so good guitar riffs than Stone. The music is already pretty complicated, then what happened? It complicated more! This package of speed/thrash songs should belong to every person's record collection, who appreciates this kind of music. - Metal Archives
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