Into the Vault: Hostile Rage - Bergan County, NJ

*Taken directly from their Facebook bio:

HOSTILE RAGE was formed in March of 1987 in Bergen County,NJ, and Rockland County, NY. The bands first release,"Hostile Rage Volume 1" was released later that same year. The band immediatly made themselves known, appearing on the New Renaissance Records compilation albums,"Thrash Metal Attack 2" and "Speed Metal Hell 4" with the track "Dead Meat". Then, 1989, brought the release of thier second album entitled :"On The Rampage". During this time HOSTILE RAGE was a mainstay on the club scene opening for Major acts such as "Dark Angel", Nuclear Assault, Laaz Rocket, etc.

Also during this time the band added another guitarist in Art Peterson. But after a short while, Peterson went on to form his own band "Chaotic Realm", and HOSTILE RAGE remained a four piece band from then on. In 1990, HOSTILE RAGE teamed up with OVERKILL to play a Benefit Concert at Ramapo College for a young girl with a rare liver disease. This year also marked the bands third release, "Adrenaline Flow". In the years to follow, Hostile Rage saw a member change on Bass. Bill Buckley left the band for personal reasons.

Mike Dolan then took over the duties on Bass. These years saw the release of the bands 4th and 5th albums, "Furious Brutal Loud" in 1995 and 'Uncontrollable Urge" in 1997. The band then disbanded untill recently reuniting in October of 2009 with the original members from 1987. Which brings us to now! HOSTILE RAGE is back once again to deliver it's brand of Heavy Metal Music for the masses!!!

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Into the Vault: Hazarax -Agressive Old School Philly Death/Thrash

Formed in 1988 in the Philadelphia area, there really isn't a whole lot of other info floating around out there about these guys. Which really is a shame because I sure as hell would like to get my hands on a copy of their demo, in any format. If anyone out there is reading this and has access to it, hit me up at falloutzine@ymail.com cause I'd love to get the rest of it up online for everyone to enjoy.

*Unknown guy rocking a Hazarax shirt. Circa 1988 @ Faith or Fear show @ Empire Rock Club.

For the most part everything I've come across regarding these guys has them labeled as Death Metal, but I can't help but hear the type of aggressive crossover Thrash in these guys you find in a band like Sacred Reich or Nuclear Assault with a bit of Dark Angel thrown in. Maybe I'm crazy, but then again I'm not exactly the best person in the universe when it comes to actually reviewing music, go figure. Either way, give these guys a listen and make sure you leave some comments on the video, let these guys know how their music has held up over the years. I think it's done a pretty damn good job!

Taken from their 3 song demo 'Altered Faith Disorder' (1990)