Martyr

One of the more interesting, if short-lived heavy metal bands to adopt the popular name, Martyr, this quintet from Utretch, Holland, was formed by guitarist Rick Bouwman in 1982, and performed a very technical, pre-thrash style of melodic speed metal, as evidenced on their very first demo, entitled "If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old," recorded later that year. But it was the band's second demo, 1983's "Metal Torture," that got them noticed by influential Aardschok magazine and led to several compilation appearances, and an eventual contract with local Megaton Records, which rel...