
FINAL PROPHECY - Re-Awakening: The Demos 1990-1992
LABEL: Roxx Records (2018) [Licensed from ThrashBack Records] Initially planned as a THRASHBACK RECORDS release (and the second in our "Florida Metal Archive Series"), we ended up partnering with California based label ROXX RECORDS who released this collection on both limited edition CD and vinyl. FINAL PROPHECY were a 3-piece Thrash band formed in late 1989 in West Palm Beach, FL by former Thanatos (U.S.) and Therion (U.S.) guitarist Eric Hoffman along with drummer James Silvestri (later with A Course Of Action) and bassist Nick Varhola. In 1990 the band recorded their first 4-song demo titled "He Set The Captives Free" which garnered the band respectable reviews in 'zines throughout the world. In 1991 the band would re-enter the studio to record their second affair, a 5-song effort titled "Rude Awakening". With this material the band displayed a far more aggressive sound. Editor Dave Rohrbach of the legendary 'zine Screams From The Gutter would go on to state “...many stronger struc