Massacre - Tyrants Of Death [compilation] (2006)

Massacre were formed in 1984 by Allen West (guitar), Bill Andrews (drums), Mike Borders (bass) and soon joined by Kam Lee. They disbanded and re-united again several times. In 1987, Rozz, Andrews and Butler joined Death, but by 1991 the three later rejoined with Rick Rozz (guitar) and Massacre released their debut album From Beyond on Earache Records, followed by an EP a year later (featuring Cronos of Venom). After the release of the EP the band split up again. Rozz reformed the band in 1993 and released a new album Promise in 1996. That same year, Kam Lee left the band during post-production of Promise due to being dissatisfied with the songs and his performance. Kam Lee, Terry Butler and Steve Swanson along with Sam Williams and Curtis Beeson temporarily reunited as Massacre in 2006. Butler, Lee, Beeson & Williams then founded Denial Fiend with Blaine Cook replacing Lee and Rob Rampy replacing Beeson in 2008. In 2011, Butler and Rozz reunited for an anniversary tour of From Beyond beginning January 14 in Tampa, Florida.

Butler and Rozz reformed Massacre in late 2011, with Mike Mazzonetto on drums and Ed Webb on vocals, and subsequently played the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise from Miami, Florida to Grand Cayman in January 2012. In March 2012, under the wing of lawyer Eric Greif - coincidentally Butler and Rozz's manager in Death - the band signed an international recording deal with Century Media Records, announcing a 7"EP release prior to their August 2012 appearance at the Wacken Festival in Germany and the release of their full-length album in early 2014.

On December 11, 2014 it was announced that bassist Terry Butler and vocalist Ed Webb left the band. As the result, Massacre disbanded.
Members and ex-members of Massacre have played in many notable bands, most notably Death, Obituary, Six Feet Under, Metalucifer, Hate Plow, Kreator, Nasty Savage, Zero Hour and Whiplash.

 

 

 

 

Limited edition, Picture disc, I.P.044

 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Chamber of Ages     04:26
2. Clangor of War     02:31
3. From Beyond     04:57
4. Symbolic Immortality     03:32
5. Cryptic Realms     04:11
6. Infestation of Death     03:01
     
Side B:
7. Aggressive Tyrant     04:15
8. Death in Hell     02:55
9. Mutilated     03:30
10. Cryptic Realm     04:35
11. Perpetual Domination     03:58
12. The Traitor     05:04
13. Corpsegrinder (Death cover)     05:15

 

 

-Line up: 

  • Rick Rozz: guitars (1984-1987, 1989-1995, 2011-2014)
  • Terry Butler: bass (1987, 1990-1993, 2006-2007, 2011-2014)
  • Mike Mazzonetto: drums (2011-2014)
  • Edwin Webb: vocals (2011-2014).

 

 

 

Limited to 500 copies.

 

 Band photo / flyer collage inside the gatefold sleeve.
Includes a poster (reproduction of the front cover artwork).
Also includes an extra sheet with interviews of Kam Lee and Michael Borders.

Label: Iron Pegasus Records. 

Collection of the first two Massacre demos and some live tracks. 

 Tracks A1 to A4 are taken from the "Chamber Of Ages" demo #2, recorded in November 1986.
Track A5 is an unreleased instrumental version recorded during the "Chamber Of Ages" sessions.
Tracks A6 and B6 were recorded live on April 20th, 1986 Side Streets.
Tracks B1 to B3 are taken from the "Aggressive Tyrant" demo #1, recorded in April 1986.
Tracks B4 and B5 were recorded live on May 25th, 1986 at Rock City, Tampa.
Track B7 is a live bonus track not listed on cover. Recorded at the Rock City Tampa show

Liner notes include numerous rare photos/flyers from ex-bassist Michael Borders as well as interview excerpts from Michael and Kam's interviews with the Voices from the Darkside webzine. This release is officially endorsed by both Michael and Kam.