All time classic of raging, blazing, amazing death thrash from Sweden. A band who have had a tremendous influence (and played huge roles in other great bands) on the Swede thrash scene to this day. Recorded in 1989 and released in 1990 this is 30 minutes of some of the most extreme thrash metal (with a big hyper-speed hardcore/crossover influenced sound like Genocide/Repulsion) ever recorded. Up there with the best of Protector (Germany), Aggressor (France), Massacra (France), Insanity (San Fran), Mortuary (Mexico), Incubus/Opprobrium (Brazil/Louisiana), Morbid (Sweden), early Sadus (California). Schizo (Italy), etc. The riffs are like a whirlwind of power and super well written, the vocals are cord shredding (mid-range death vocals to the "black metal shriek" i.e. Bathory-esque, Kreator-"Total Death" on meth), songs catchy, and the album just a timeless classic. The first release on the legendary Deathlike Silence label (created/run by Euronymous of Mayhem fame). If you can't afford an original pick up the Osmose Records reissue from 15 or so years ago. Essential if you like your thrash as over the top (raw, yet with great precision) as it gets. "The Awakening" is as mind-blowing today as it was in '89-'90...