Despite traditional heavy metal falling out of favor in their hometown of Los Angeles, REVEREND never compromised their musical vision to try and fit in like many of their counterparts awkwardly did. Album tracks like “Another Form of Greed” and “Butcher of Baghdad” found REVEREND mining from their classic metal roots and infusing the material with a modern thrash bite. It was a perfect marriage of both the song craft of early ‘80s metal with the muscular guitar tones of the day.
Their debut EP surfaced in 1989, but it wasn't until REVEREND delivered two classic thrash tinged heavy metal albums that people took serious notice. 1990’s World Won’t Miss You and 1991’s Play God brought the group critical acclaim, and helped grow their fan base throughout the globe.
World Won’t Miss You and Play God, both long out of print, are now getting the Deluxe Edition treatment from Divebomb Records. The new discs both include brand new mastering, bonus tracks and new essays culled from a conversation between former REVEREND guitarist Brian Korban and music journalist Carlos Ramirez of noecho.net.
FOR FANS OF:
METAL CHURCH, HERETIC, OVERKILL, ANTHRAX and MELIAH RAGE
POINTS OF INTEREST:
+ Limited Edition CD
+ Back on CD after 20 years
+ Members of legendary metal acts METAL CHURCH and HERETIC
+ 6 bonus tracks
+ Full album lyrics (First time outside Japan)
+ Remastered by Jamie King
+ New essay by Carlos Ramirez
TRACK LIST:
1. Butcher Of Baghdad
2. Heaven On Earth
3. Fortunate Son
4. Blessings
5. Promised Land
6. Play God
7. Warp The Mind
8. What You're Looking For
9. Blackened Thrive
10. Death Of Me
11. Far Away
LIVE BONUS TRACKS
12. Gunpoint
13. World Won't Miss You
14. Scattered Wits
15. Butcher Of Baghdad
16. Promised Land
17. The Power Of Persuasion
