I received the FATAL VIOLENCE remixed and remastered masters today. I hate to boast about my own releases, but this singlehandedly is one of the very best power/speed US releases from the 80s. Especially the tracks from the previously unreleased demo II 1987 are the most intense and dark power metal I've personally heard from that era!
Everyone today seems to praise Texas 80s scene, but I'd say with bands like Fatal Violence, Amulance, Enforcer, and Slauter Xtroyes, just to name a few, Chicago scene is on par, if not superior to Texans.
The feeling of listening to the demo 1987, knowing I'm the first person after David Enlow to listen to it (it was mixed from the multitrack tapes for the first time just recently, never previously released in any form!) is undescribable! I still get goosebumps all over just thinking of it.
If you dig dark mystique crunchy US power/speed metal with apocalyptic/doomy lyrics, look no further! Just make a room next to your Slauter Xtroyes, Enforcer (IL), Amulance CDs and have your ears pricked, coz "Ashes Tell No Tales" is coming! We take no prisoners