ACRIDITY - For Freedom I Cry (Deluxe Edition)

LABEL: Divebomb Records  ACRIDITY got its start in Victoria, TX in 1986, and by the end of the year had solidified a still-teenaged lineup consisting of guitarists Anthony Pedone and Mel Langenberg, Mark Cox (bass), Mark Soto (drums), and frontman Darin Carroll. Combining passions for no-frills, heavy-or-die thrash as well as the sounds of the NWOBHM, the group set out to manifest its own brand of complicated thrash riffs, melodic overtones, and extended song structures—developed in parallel with their influences such as Metallica, Testament, Kreator, and Destruction. After issuing the four-song "Countdown to Terror" demo in February of 1988, ACRIDITY entered Beck's Studios in Corpus Christi, TX—where Devastation had recorded "Violent Termination"—in December of 1989 to lay down four new songs for subsequent demo, "For Freedom I Cry". An exclusive track, "Whisper of Reality," followed in 1990 on the "Voices of a Red God" compilation, appearing alongside other Texas greats such as Dead