Living Death

One of Germany's -- indeed, the world's -- pioneering thrash metal bands, Living Death's history dates back as far as 1981, but their rough-and-tumble style and independently released albums never broke them beyond the heavy metal underground. Hailing from the town of Velbert, located halfway between Düsseldorf and Dortmund, Living Death underwent the same transition from traditional through speed and finally into thrash metal as most first-generation Teutonic thrashers (Helloween, Grave Digger, Iron Angel, etc.), eventually obtaining a record deal with local Earthshaker Recor...