STRESS

Huge thanks to Robert of Terminal Escape and Aesop of Cosmic Hearse for sharing this record with me.  Jesus, I've listened to it so many times, it's one of my favorite records to listen to cookin the line at work, and some person always comes up to the counter and asks what's playing....This is STRESS!  Brazil's "first(?)" heavy metal band.  Their self-titled debut came out in 1982 and it is a raucous, loose, all over the place, fun as all hell, old school heavy metal record.  Their sound is wild, maybe a little too wild, maybe a little drunken even?  Regardless of how fucked up they were when they made these recordings, you can tell they put their all into it, and it is a powerful experience on the other end.  Don't think SLAYER, think SABBATH, BLUE CHEER, URIAH HEEP and all the heavy bands that take you to slightly psychedelic heights, but with an aggressive, almost speed-metal approach.  I REALLY LOVE THIS ALBUM and if you like metal at all, I don't know why you wouldn't as well.

Brazil, 1982