__________.____ ______________________________ .__ _______ ________ \______ \ | \_ _____/\_ _____/\______ \ |__|\ \ / _____/ | | _/ | | __)_ | __)_ | | \| |/ | \/ \ ___ | | \ |___ | \ | \ | ` \ / | \ \_\ \ |______ /_______ \/_______ //_______ //_______ /__\____|__ /\______ / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ artist: Hirax title: Raging Violence year: 1985 genre: Thrash Metal type: Album label: Metal Blade Records language: English rel. date: 1985-10-15 source: WEB/MP3 quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo runtime: 00:30:47 size: 74.19 MB rip date: 2025-03-09 source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/9010785 tracklist: 1. Demons Evil Forces 3:21 2. Blitzkrieg Air Attack 2:06 3. Guardian Protector 1:37 4. Bombs of Death 1:46 5. Defeat of Amalek 3:05 6. Raging Violence 2:49 7. Call of the Gods 1:18 8. Warlords Command 2:36 9. Suicide 2:34 10. Executed 1:37 11. The Gauntlet 1:59 12. Destruction and Terror 2:29 13. Destroy 1:05 14. Bloodbath 1:52 15. Untitled (hidden track) 0:33 release notes: HIRAX began in Los Angeles in 1984, playing with Slayer, Metallica, and Exodus, who were all part of the exciting new metal emerging. HIRAX released their first full-length recording in 1985 on Metal Blade titled "Raging Violence". The combination of the heaviness of metal and the speed of hardcore became known as "crossover". Katon W. De Pena's upper-range clean vocals stood out from the pack. A blistering slab of crossover/thrash/speed metal that was able to bridge the gap between the straight up metal audience and the embryonic "Crossover" hardcore/punk era that was evolving in 1985. HIRAX was always fast, rough and raw, they blasted forward with energy and relentless speed. Katon delivered traditional metal style singing with upper registers often only used by Mercyful fate or Judas Priest. Unique and uncompromising in their attack, HIRAX played with bands across the heavy music spectrum in the L.A. scene and cemented their legacy with fans worldwide with a prolific amount of interviews, correspondence and tape trading