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I feel soooo 2010.

Mostly the photos there are going to be the same things I write here with a few surprises (and far less descriptive). The photos are my actual copy versus Discogs stock images. Will limit to a maximum of one post a day. 

And - eventually - I plan on selling some of my rarer pieces via the platform. Most everything we sell is via Discogs, Ebay, What's Left Records, and the Colorado Springs and Denver Record shows. Even the odd garage sale here in the Springs (for the really cheap stuff). But the expensive items ($100 or more and originals only - not including classical) - these will go to Instagram, so worth checking out if you're a collector. When does that happen? Who knows - probably not any time soon.

Throw in a few likes once in awhile just to make me feel better :-)

Mystrez - The Indictment. 1990 Netherlands

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)