Power & Pain/Ticket to Mayhem

Whiplash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: MSI:DISPLEASED
• ASIN: B000024ZIN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stage Dive

2. Red Bomb

3. Last Man Alive

4. Message In Blood

5. War Monger

6. Power Thrashing Death

7. Stirring The Cauldron

8. Spit On Your Grave

9. Nailed To The Cross

10. Perpetual Warfare

11. Walk The Plank

12. Last Nail In The Coffin

13. Drowning In Torment

14. Burning Of Atlanta

15. Eternal Eyes

16. Snake Pit

17. Spiral Of Violence

18. Respect The Death

19. Perpetual Warfare

Editorial Reviews

Whiplash, a very important band in the mid eighties, forcing thrash metal to become the main extreme metal genre at that time, released 3 albums in that period. The first two are by far the best they recorded in the eighties. We are therefore proud to have releases these two together on one CD. Anyone who's into eighties thrash will be thrilled that it's finally on CD with the original covers in full on the booklet. This complete package also includes all lyrics from both albums and photos from the bandmembers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Thrash Release..., January 31, 2003

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MtlGod (Boynton Beach, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power & Pain / Ticket to Mayhem (Audio CD)

Raw and catchy, "Power And Pain" would be a great addition to the collection of any fan of the old school thrash scene. There is a tiny dash of hardcore fused into the sound, but not enough to toss Whiplash out of the thrash metal category. Great sing-along choruses are the strong point on this release, especially on tracks like "Last Man Alive". Although some may disagree, I feel that "Ticket To Mayhem" (the second album on this two-album collection) is the weaker of the two efforts, and just doesn't showcase the charm of "Power and Pain". Thus, the five star rating is actually for the "Power and Pain" album. Overall, this is a worthy release, and any thrash metal fan would certainly appreciate it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have 80's Metal, August 23, 2002

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"elcoastie" (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power & Pain / Ticket to Mayhem (Audio CD)

Any fan of true metal will appreciate this combination of albums. Overlooked by the mainsteam label fan during metal's peak when they came out, they're borderline thrash,speed and power metal. I'm not going to go song by song with the review, screeching vocals, lightining guitar riffs and bombastic drums should sum it up for these guys. I prefer "Ticket To Mayhem", which is one of those rare albums where you don't need to fastforward while listening because every song stands on it's own. If you liked early Overkill, Testament or Anthrax you will enjoy this combination of albums.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Classics here!, May 24, 2005

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Zander Haberstaft (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power & Pain / Ticket to Mayhem (Audio CD)

Since I have the original two albums on (Roadracer) separate CDs, I'll review them that way.

If you weren't part of the speed metal/thrash scene in the eighties than listening to this album will not give you the full effect of what this album is like. Back in '87 there were so many Thrash albums coming out, it was hard to tell what was good from what was standard or bad quality. Whiplash never made it: 1)because they were from New Jersey; 2)Roadracer failed to pay them for any of their (3) albums.

-Power and Pain-

It's generally a good album with the guitar work standing out the most. Tony, Tony and...Tony make some good music here that has the usual speed metal tempo for '85 while songs like "Nailed to the Cross" change tempo a little bit.

The drums are pretty standard but that was actually this bands main attraction back in the day. Tony Scaglione was most famous not for his drumming here but -and anybody who saw them in '86-'87 would know this- for being the Slayer drummer for the Reign in Blood tour while Dave was off gettin' married. Nevertheless, the drumming fits.

The bass work is alright, there are some cool fills. Apparently Bono died in '02 of a heart attack -rest in peace.

But the guitar work and vocal growl is the most standout thing about this band. The guitars are Megadeth/Metallicesque -hey they named themselves based on a song of Kill 'em All- but unique altogether. The high harmonics placed in between the muted open Es are killer.

Favorite songs are "Spit on your Grave", "Nailed to the Cross".

-Ticket to Mayhem-

One of the best Thrash Metal albums ever, and for me that's saying a lot (got hundreds if not thousands including demo tapes).

Tony Cangelosi fills in on the drums and makes quite an entrance on "Walk the Plank". He has good fills and a little bit speedier drumming than Scaglione but his style is entirely different. Best work is on the snare high-high snare change-up on "Walk the Plank".

Portaro's guitars are wailing with the heavy riffs and the crazy constant slides up and down the fretboard. Bono's bass is heavy and keeps it all together. Overall this album has more tempo changeups than the first and for this reason it is my favorite.

Favorite songs "Drowning in Torment", "Eternal Eyes", and "Snake Pit" (Used to play Nintendo's Pitfall to this one).