On the Savage Steel review I wrote: "Yet another late 80s technical thrash band I was unfamiliar with. I'm beginning to wonder if I was there at all, with so many of these under the radar thrash bands cropping up in my world, some 30+ years after the fact."
And here we are again with yet another tech thrash band I'd never heard of. I keep lists of groups to check out, and this wasn't one of them either. When I was offered up the album, I looked it up, and noticed comparisons to fellow countrymen Osiris, one of the (apparently) few albums I did get to know real time, and have reported here on UMR. That's a no-brainer, I must check out Mystrez then. Who knows what the band name is supposed to mean. Mistress? Mysteries? My Stress? lol.
There's essentially 10 tracks on here with an intro and outro. It's of the genre, so if you like metal that is wild, all over the place, thrashy, and technically challenging, then The Indictment should go on your want list. A couple of interesting diversions: 1) The singer doesn't scream his way through this in ball-squeazing fashion. Rather he takes the barking matter-of-fact approach (but not grunting, it's very clear what he's trying to convey). The other is the soft ballad that closes Side 1. I quite like it because of its placement. Generally these tracks are put up front to set the opposite atmosphere so that the band can pulverize you afterward. But placed here, it's quite soothing.
While researching this album, I learned about a few more bands and albums that are similar to Mystrez. Like I asked prior - was I even there? Apparently not. I find music like this timeless, and have no qualms about adding more to the collection.
Ownership: LP: 1990 Bad Taste (Germany). Single sleeve. Purchased from JL before the Denver record show about 2 months ago. Bizarre cover.
6/4/23 (new entry)
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