The Crucified formed in 1985. Most of the members were in their mid-teens at the time. They put out three demos, and two full length albums during their career. Songs from an upcoming 3rd record were written, and performed live, but they never got to record them. Around mid 1993 The Crucified disbanded. Apparently the guys where at a place where their relationship with God was suffering individually, and the band was becoming more important to them than the Lord, the Reason for it's existence in the first place. Although they were still disbanded, the band did play a few final shows in 1995 - the
last one being on Friday, June 30, at the Cornerstone Festival.

THE PILLARS OF HUMANITY (1991) OCEAN

I bought this disc as a new release back when it first came out. Then I thought it sucked. I never really understood the crossover genre. It's fun when Anthrax and Public Enemy release one song, another thing is releasing a whole album of such material. So I sold the thing. Then about 10 years later, I had forgotten what the album sounded like. Therefore I bought back my old copy, for about double the amount I sold it for, in a used CD shop. This time I think the vocal sucks, but the music is phenomenal. These guys really know how to play. The closest sound I can think of is a cross between Believer and Deliverance. After a few spins I even can bare with the vocals, but what a band this would have been with a real vocalist, and not a punk screamer.

Killer tracks: Mindbender, Path To Sorrow, Fellowship Of Thieves

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V/A - 'Heavy Righteous Metal II'