Prior to this month, all of my posts this year have been for records that I picked up in 2025. Moving into May, it is nice to finally start writing about records that I've bought this year. I've bought 46 records so far in 2026, so I'm obviously still working with a large backlog. It would be nice to just rip through a bunch of posts to make this blog a bit more current, but I keep struggling to find the time. Who knows, maybe I can start to get things under control this month.
Dipping back into those records from Tim's collection, it was nice to pull some more thrash. Whiplash's second record, Ticket To Mayhem, was released near the height of thrash's popularity in 1987 and it just rips with an absolute metal fury. I love how raw and unhinged this album sounds... a voice that sounds shredded and guitars at 100 mph... man, it's so good.
I always found it cool that the bassist for Whiplash, Tony Bono, ended up in Into Another... so as I was leaving metal behind in the early 90's, it was funny to me that suddenly there was a new band with ex members of Underdog, Bold and Whiplash. Seemed like a such a strange mix.
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