Power and Pain

by Whiplash

Power and Pain cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1986
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Connie Barrett, Norman Dunn, Tony Portaro

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The notoriously abrasive debut from the New Jersey power trio is frequently cited as one of the fastest, most unrelenting speed metal albums ever recorded. Emphasizing unbridled manic energy over technical precision, the record's raw, violent execution directly inspired the ensuing explosion of black and death metal.

Genres

Descriptors: violence, death, fast, riff-heavy, shredding

Tracklist

  1. Stage Dive
  2. Red Bomb
  3. Last Man Alive
  4. Message In Blood
  5. War Monger
  6. Power Thrashing Death
  7. Stirring The Cauldron
  8. Spit On Your Grave
  9. Nailed To The Cross

Credits

  • Whiplash - primary artist
  • Louie Beato - backing vocals [power-thrashing death brigade]
  • Peter Steele - backing vocals [power-thrashing death brigade]
  • Rob Kabula - backing vocals [power-thrashing death brigade]
  • Vinnie Stigma - backing vocals [power-thrashing death brigade]
  • Maarten De Boer - lacquer cut by
  • Tony Portaro - music by, lyrics by, performer, songwriter [all songs written and composed by], written-by [all songs written by], composed by [all songs composed by]
  • Tony Bono - performer

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