Blood Feast Chopping Block Blues CD (Slipcase, 2024, High Roller Records)

Chopping Block Blues is the second full-length studio album from the American thrash metal band Blood Feast, originally released in 1989.

Originally formed in 1985 under the name Bloodlust, Blood Feast emerged from the New Jersey underground with drummer Kevin Kuzma, bassist Louis Starita, vocalist Gary Markovitch, and guitarist Adam Tranquilli. Their first demo, The Suicidal Missions, was recorded in February 1986, the same month guitarist Michael Basden joined and the band officially adopted the name Blood Feast.

By June 1986, the band had secured their first recording contract, self-financing what would become one of the era’s most cult classic debuts. In February 1987, they unleashed Kill for Pleasure, a ferocious slab of early American thrash, followed by live shows that often ended with their staple cover of Celtic Frost’s “Into the Crypts of Rays.”

The Face Fate EP arrived in December 1987, and by mid-1988 the band had tracked a ten-song demo. With guitarist Adam Tranquilli no longer in the lineup, the material—originally titled The Last Remains—was eventually released as the 1989 album Chopping Block Blues.

Blood Feast originally disbanded in 1991 but has since reunited, continuing to reinforce their legacy as one of the true cult forces in U.S. thrash metal.

Recommended if you like: Slayer, Possessed, Dark Angel, Exodus, Sodom, Exhorder, Exumer, Demolition Hammer, Morbid Saint, Razor, Whiplash, Kreator

Artist: Blood Feast
Title: Chopping Block Blues
Label: High Roller Records
Cat #: HRR384CD
Release Year: 2024
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
Condition: New & Sealed
Special attributes: Slipcase

Tracklist:

1. The Last Remains
2. Hunted, Stalked & Slain
3. Chopping Block Blues
4. Hitler Painted Roses
5. Dropping Like Flies
6. Born Innocent
7. Turn To Dust
8. The Chemically Imbalanced
9. Spasmodic
10. Remnants