Victims of Science

by Gammacide

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David Musacchia Fantastic band! Very underrated!

Eddie/Realms Of Metal This record will thrash your face off~! Favorite track: Fossilized.

S0uthofh3aven One of the most vicious, corrosive and utterly pitiless thrash metal records ever released. Right up there with the finest of the genre. Cannot recommend this piece of underground Texas thrash enough. Favorite track: Chemical Imbalance.

davemadman Texas thrash rules Favorite track: Victims of Science.

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NoLifeTilMetal Records and Gammacide are teaming up to re-release the original Texas thrash metal masterpiece Victims of Science on strictly limited edition vinyl and CD.

Gammacide is an aggressive thrash metal band with a very short but powerful history. When Texas metal pioneers Warlock disbanded in 1985, guitarist Rick Perry and Eric Roy formed thrash band Gammacide. Joined by drummer Jamey Milford and vocalist Varnam Ponville, Gammacide released a 5-song demo in 1987 which made the band a cult favorite amongst the metal fanzine and tape traders of the time. Scott Shelby joined in 1988 as a second guitarist, thus doubling the bands crushing guitar assault.

In the summer of 1989 entered Sound Logic Studios in Dallas to record their debut Victims of Science, which was released in early 1990 on Wild Rags Records, becoming one of the label's best selling records. Soon after the band was playing shows and sharing the stage with such notable bands as Death, Exodus, Dark Angel, Sacred Reich and fellow Texas thrashers Rigor Mortis.

Gammacide recorded a 4-song demo in 1991 but by 1992 the band folded.

In the late 90's and early 2000's the internet gave new exposure to Gammacide and created interest in Texas metal's most intense thrash experience. After thirteen years of inactivity, the now out of circulation Victims Of Science album was reissued on CD in 2005, and the band briefly reunited for a Texas tour to commemorate 20 Years of Toxic Metal. The following year, Perry and Shelby joined forces with Rigor Mortis vocalist Bruce Corbitt and formed Texas Metal Alliance, which was eventually renamed Warbeast and recorded their debut CD Krush The Enemy for Phil Anselmo's Housecore Records.

Unfortunately, both the original 1989 vinyl and 2005 CD have been out-of-print and hard to find for decades. NoLifeTilMetal Records and Gammacide have teamed up to re-release the original thrash metal masterpiece Victims of Science on limited edition vinyl and CD.

The vinyl will include the original album art, a 12"x18" poster and a full-color lyric insert. Only 100 copies will be pressed to vinyl. The CD release limited to 300 copies will include a booklet packed full of photos and memorabilia and will also include the 1991 demo as bonus tracks. The music is completely remastered by Rob Colwell of Bombworks Sound, TX from the original DAT tapes.

Includes unlimited streaming of Victims of Science via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more

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1.	Endangered Species 03:40	buy track
2.	Fossilized 03:54	buy track
3.	Shock Treatment 02:53	buy track
4.	Victims of Science 03:40	buy track
5.	Gutter Rats 04:40	buy track
6.	Walking Plague 04:11	buy track
7.	Chemical Imbalance 04:15	buy track
8.	Incubus 04:08	buy track
9.	Observations 02:25	buy track

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Originally released in 1990 by Wild Rags Records (vinyl and cassette only), Victims of Science has steadily gained a reputation as one of the rare jewels of underground thrash.

To quote BLABBERMOUTH.NET:

When this album came out in 1990, on the tiny Wild Rags label, founder Richard C. was on a one-man crusade to uphold vinyl and cassettes, and compact discs be damned. (We see how well that worked out, both for vinyl and for Wild Rags.) As a result, promising bands like HELLWITCH, ARCANE and GAMMACIDE were consigned to culter-than-cult status (of course, it did the same for the utterly useless NUCLEAR DEATH, proving there's a silver lining to every cloud).

Now in 2005, GAMMACIDE have reformed, alongside some of their Texas contemporaries (RIGOR MORTIS, ROTTING CORPSE) and have released this long-overdue CD treatment. The first nine tracks are remastered from the original 1989 recordings, while 10-13 come from the band's 1991 demo, and the last two are new 2004 compositions.

GAMMACIDE are one of those bands that, if they weren't so fucking good at what they did, would be lambasted for bringing nothing new to the table. Their sound may be a somewhat predictable amalgam of late-1980s influences (I hear RIGOR MORTIS, VIO-LENCE, NUCLEAR ASSAULT and EXODUS),but their vicious, no-bullshit single-mindedness makes them awesome. This is thrash metal the way it's supposed to be — fast, mean, with snarling vocals, speed riffs, breakneck tempos, catchy parts, and a pissed-off attitude about the disastrous world around us. There's no midtempo "hit single" or ballad, no novelty goof-rock cover to make GAMMACIDE palatable to those outside the underground — this is pure, uncut thrash, intense as a rabid pit bull, efficient and remorseless as a shark. If you like Bay Area thrash, this will hit you like a speedball, and relentless headbanging will be inevitable.

The extra tracks are surprising as hell — usually, that last demo before a band calls it quits is a flaccid, worn-out affair, but if anything, the 1991 songs are faster and meaner than the original "Victims of Science" cuts! Even more shocking is how the band sounds these days — the ensuing thirteen years of families, day jobs, musical climate changes and killed-off brain cells might as well not even have happened. "Against the Grain" coulda been on the original pressing of "Victims of Science", the only difference in attack being a tighter, more skilled musical assault (particularly from drummer Jamey Milford).

GAMMACIDE deserve a helluva lot more attention than they've gotten in their life. And for sticking to their guns 110% without sounding the least bit contrived, stale or out of ideas, they deserve the respect of every true thrash metal fan on the globe. "Victims of Science" should be on every thrasher's CD rack, slotted proudly next to "Bonded By Blood", "Rigor Mortis", and "Eternal Nightmare".

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released March 1, 1990

Recorded summer 1989 at Sound Logic Studios, Dallas. Recorded and mixed by Danny Brown and Tim Grugle.

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Gammacide Arlington, Texas

Formed in 1986 by guitarist Rick Perry, bassist Eric Roy, drummer Jamey Milford and vocalist Varnam Ponville, GAMMACIDE became one of Texas' most violent contributions to the late 80's thrash metal scene. After adding Scott Shelby as a second guitarist, GAMMACIDE released Victims of Science which has steadily gained a reputation as one of the most brutal thrash explosions ever captured on wax. ... more

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