Description
Note: Not a cut out. All inserts are intact. Original UK CD.
Power Metal, with the ex- Metal Church singer. This album is a classic and also includes a top cover version of Black Sabbaths “Hands of Doom”. Reverends first full length disc is a bit heavier and darker than Metal Church, however, had I not known this was Reverend I may have thought it was Metal Church due to the similarities in music style and, of course, David Wayne’s signature falsetto vocal style. Sometimes Reverend are so aggressive that they push the envelope of thrash metal. Of course now their disc is much harder to come by since it is out of print.
Reverend World Won’t Miss You
Label: Charisma CDCUS 2 · 260991
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1990
Genre: Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash
Tracklist
1 Remission 4:25
2 Another Form Of Greed 4:01
3 Scattered Wits 4:54
4 Desperate 4:57
5 Leader Of Fools 3:44
6 World Won’t Miss You 4:48
7 Rude Awakening 4:39
8 Gunpoint 4:20
9 Killing Time 4:26
10 Hand Of Doom 6:56 Black Sabbath cover.
11 11th Hour 3:49
Bass Dennis O’Hara
Drums Rick Basha
Guitar Brian Korban, Stuart Fuji*
Lead Vocals David Wayne
Produced, Engineered and Mixed by: Warren Croyle
Coproduced by: Reverend
All songs written by Reverend, except “10. Hand Of Doom” written by Frank Iommi, John Osbourne, William Ward, Terrence Butler
1990 Charisma Records America, Inc
© 1990 Charisma Records America, Inc
Manufactured in W. Germany
Distributed in the UK by Virgin Records. Marketed by AVL
Barcode: 5012984000223
Label Code: LC 3098
Matrix / Runout: SONOPRESS D-6015 / CDCUS2 B
the guitars are fast and crunchy, the vocals are as heavy and as high screeching as ever, and there is a cover of Black Sabbaths hand of doom where Wayne’s screams sound like mickey mouse breathing in helium. good times!
If you want to get into some less mainstream thrash metal, Reverend is a good band for you. While a lot of less popular bands tend to be generic and the production of the album seems lacking, Reverend is the opposite. The album does not have a bad song on it, while a few songs are not anything special they are definitely worth hearing.
Some may argue that Reverend does nothing to further the genre of thrash metal. The album was released within a year of Megadeth’s Rust In Peace, Annihilators’ Never, Neverland, Dark Angels’ Time Does Not Heal and Leave Scars, Heathen’s Victims of Deception. World Won’t Miss You was released in a time of technical thrash masterpieces, yet they share no similarities to this sound. Instead, the band decided to go a more classic route. World Wont Miss You may not have introduced anything new or original to thrash metal, but is still a good album from start to finish.
Reverend is basically a slightly heavier continuation of David Wayne’s Metal Church. Although the musicians are different, the sound is similar to Metal Church, which means they write some pretty generic simple riffs and solos and somehow get really good songs out of them. Most of this success in their sound is due to David Wayne’s voice being so original. When the guitars, drums, and bass are playing the band sounds like any other speed metal band but when David Wayne sings you know who it is.
The album starts with a decent speed metal song, Remission. The Song is decent from start to finish but can get a little repetitive by the end. The album automatically makes up for Remission with Another Form of Greed. This is probably the best track on the album and the riffs are original and should not bore anyone who’s into thrash metal. The next song is a balladry mid paced song called Scattered Wits. The song is more vocal based than the previous two and David Wayne does a great job with it. If you are not into ballads that is just fine because you should like the next song, Desperate, is a true speed metal song start to finish. The riffs sound great from start to finish and that is good because the song is less vocal based than the previous one. After Desperate comes the weakest track on the album, Leader of Fools. This one can barely be called a metal song, the guitars never become distorted, its just David Wayne and a clean guitar, no drums bass or anything, and its kind of boring. Good thing it is followed by the title track, World Wont Miss You, this one is another great song filled with catchy riffs and vocals. All the next three songs: Gunpoint, Killing Time, and 11th Hour are great.
The production on the album is perfect. The music is crisp and clean. No instrument overpowers another. The bass is audible at times but not too audible, where it over powers the guitars. Every note played or sung is cleanly heard. There is no muddiness that sometimes happens when too many things are happening at once. As far as production goes, there isn’t a flaw in the sound.
The musicians on the album do not show off. They write some pretty basic speed metal on here. If you are into progressive or technical thrash this album probably isn’t for you. Reverend doesn’t play odd time signatures or unconventional song structure, they keep to a very simple sound that is easy to remember and sticks in your head. If you liked David Wayne and Metal Church then this album should please you. The riffs and solos are better than Metal Churches and you get David Wayne’s kick ass voice. As far as the other instruments go, the drums are pretty basic nothing extremely impressive there, but they do keep a solid beat and don’t distract you from the rest of the sound. The bass also seems pretty simple, just following the guitars. Although not revolutionary, it is a great album for anyone just getting into thrash metal and for seasoned listeners who love a good catchy riff.
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