Mezzrow

Although it would later evolve into a hotbed of world-class death metal, the country of Sweden enjoyed quite a record of futility when it came to producing quality thrash bands during the genre's 1980s heyday, Mezzrow being a perfect case in point. Already formed sometime after the style's bell curve had begun to decline from its commercial and creative apogee in 1986-1987 (and featuring future Entombed and Hellacopters main man Nicke Andersson in its earliest incarnations), Mezzrow recorded two demos in 1988 and 1989 before securing a deal with local independent Active Record...