Whiplash | Messages In Blood | CD

Whiplash is a thrash metal band from Passaic, New Jersey, USA, formed in 1984. The original power trio lineup was Tony Portaro on guitar and vocals, Tony Scaglione on drums and Tony Bono on bass. Their debut album, Power And Pain, was released by Roadrunner Records in 1985.

This one disc CD compilation, Messages In Blood, is a reissue released by Back On Black in 2022. It collects early demo material and live tracks: the Thunderstruk demo from 1984, the Looking Death in the Face demo from 1985, and live recordings from Showplace in Denver, New Jersey, in August 1985 and from CBGB's in New York in November 1985.

Track List

1. King With the Axe
2. Spit On Your Grave
3. Thrash 'Til Death
4. Chained Up, Strapped Down
5. The Burning of Atlanta
6. Stirrin' the Cauldron
7. Respect the Dead
8. Last Man Alive
9. Spit On Your Grave
10. Killing On Monroe Street (Live at Showplace Denver, New Jersey, August 16th, 1985)
11. Eternal Eyes (Live at Showplace Denver, New Jersey, August 16th, 1985)
12. Respect the Dead (Live at Showplace Denver, New Jersey, August 16th, 1985)
13. Stirrin' the Cauldron (Live at Showplace Denver, New Jersey, August 16th, 1985)
14. The Burning of Atlanta (Live at Showplace Denver, New Jersey, August 16th, 1985)
15. Nailed to the Cross (Live at Showplace Denver, New Jersey, August 16th, 1985)
16. War Monger (Live at CBGB's, New York, November 27, 1985)
17. Message in Blood (Live at CBGB's, New York, November 27, 1985)
18. Nailed to the Cross (Live at CBGB's, New York, November 27, 1985)
19. Stagedive (Live at CBGB's, New York, November 27, 1985)