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October 30, 1990 - 2025: 35 years of: At Death's Door - A Collection Of Brutal Death Metal.

Welcome to Hell.

35 years ago, this cassette landed in my hands, forever opening The Gates. While speedmetal was the fastest sound on Earth, deathmetal truly was from beyond. Issued by Roadrunner Records and featuring most of their then roster, this release displays most of the cream of the crop.

Already a fan of SEPULTURA, OBITUARY and DEATH, this collection introduced me and many other future fans of extremes to: Florida's DEICIDE, Germany's MORGOTH and the Dutch devils of PESTILENCE. One specific band that caught my interest was Louisiana's own mosh merchant: EXHORDER. The feel and the relentless fuck-you attitude still brings me joy to this very day.

Scene-wise, many key-bands are missing in action, most likely do to record-label politics. Killers from the glorious Earache Records catalog: MORBID ANGEL, NOCTURNUS, CARCASS, ENTOMBED, TERRORIZER and the Gods of grind themselves NAPALM DEATH ...Peaceville Records's AUTOPSY as well as Nuclear Blast Records's own BENEDICTION.

The writing is on the wall: a fine collection, a brutal take-over.
It's official ...a changing of the guards: Thrash-Metal is out, Death-Metal is in.

Typically not a fan of compilation-tapes, I'm fuckin' glad this one got to my stereo in the Fall of 1990. Immediately, my entire pocket-money would be wisely spent on these imports. The genre would exponentially explode worldwide in 1991-92.

Roadrunner Records would strike again with 1993's At Death's Door II CD, but it was way too late at that point, as the scene had already shape-shifted into street-metal and alt-rock ...while Norway's Church-burners were the new Hell.

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At Death's Door = full CD
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