Messiah * Choir Of Horrors (35th Anniversary) - Violet [New LP] 8/22/06 and a clear sense of

and a clear sense of form and contrast between soloist and orchestra

and vocalist Max Romeo (who by 1976 had performed on over 120 7" singles) Romeo had been transforming from his "rude" records to writing lyrics with social themes as the era in Jamaica was rife with poverty

Old Pal of My Heart

It's a long-overdue celebration of a record that never played it safe-and never sounded like anything else

shining a spotlight on the durability and flexibility of their songwriting

Messiah * Choir Of Horrors (35th Anniversary) - Violet [New LP] 8/22/06 and a clear sense ofFormed in 1984, Messiah played a major role in the development of thrash and death metal in Switzerland. They released two groundbreaking albums on Chainsaw Murder Records: Hymn To Abramelin in 1986 and Extreme Cold Weather in 1987. In the early nineties, Messiah signed a contract with Karl Walterbach's label Noise Records, on which three more albums were released: Choir Of Horrors (1991), Rotten Perish (1992), and Underground (1994). Many consider