Acid Reign

As crucial as they became to advancing the cause of heavy metal in the early '90s via such influential movements as grindcore and doom/death, English bands generally struck out completely during the preceding years, when pure thrash ruled the roost. Acid Reign ranked among the more distinctive U.K. also-rans in this category, if only because their Monty Python-esque humor set made them so inherently English, but this still wasn't enough to secure the band any lasting legacy. Acid Reign was formed in Harrogate, England, circa 1986 by vocalist H, guitarists Gaz Jennings and Kev...