Sepultura / Overdose – Split LP (1985)

The Sepultura Bestial Devastation session is amazing. In fact, I would even perhaps go out on a limb and say that I prefer the sound here to that on offer on Morbid Visions. As far as proto-Sepultura goes, it doesn’t get any better than this. Old school evil thrash in all of it’s glory.

As far as Overdose goes… I tried, I really tried. I didn’t want to be another one of those people who listens to the Sepultura stuff and leaving off the other band, but Overdose’s vocalist is, how can I say, an acquired taste. It’s not awful per se, and the music is fairly well put together, but it’s not for me.

A piece of metal history this is, mind you.

Picture disc version of Overdose’s side.