The Beast

01. The Beast - Demos And Rarities, 2021 CD Compilation Limited Edition      Nervous Breakdown Records - NBR002 In 1983, the Power Metal EP by The Beast was all the rage in fanzines and in tape trading circuits. I was never able to find a copy and settled for third generation tapes. In 1984 I bought a copy of the Born To Metalize 4 way split, where the The Beast section is by far the best. But that was still not enough, because The Beast rules! So, almost 40 years later, Nervous Breakdown Records deserve mighty zerificating praises for this brilliant 21 songs compilation that contains the PM songs plus the BTM songs and demos from 1983 to 1986, packaged with a great booklet. Now if one never heard The Beast, what is to be expected? Rough and intense classic heavy metal with bursts of speed metal and zero ballad and an affinity with punk rock over-the-topness might be a fair elevator pitch for The Beast. A hybrid of early Abattoir, Razor, Iron Maiden w/Di-Anno demos and a Dead Boys vibe might wrap it up. Some of these songs would not have been out of place on Fistful Of Metal and the entire thing could have been on Neat Records. This is fucking superior triplazering headbanging mania! Remove brackets and unzip: [number of] !ZER The Beast ZER!