Martyr – Imminent Warfare

Martyr
Imminent Warfare
1988 (no label)
Redondo Beach, California, USA

Prado – Lead vocals, bass
Michael “Bones” Van Asch – Lead guitars, rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, background vocals
Marcus N. Colon – Lead guitars, rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, background vocals
John Waldron – Drums, background vocals

Josh Kramer – Additional background vocals
Chris Ackerman – Additional background vocals

1. Abomination
2. C if U Like This
3. Plead the Blood
4. Imminent Warfare

So this is the second demo and second line-up for Martyr. Both of the guitarists and the drummer from 1987’s Death is Dead are no longer in the band. It also seems that Van Asch and Waldron would leave before 1989’s Frantic. Some of the song titles on here might sound familiar, as it seems that guitarist Marcus Colon took “Plead the Blood” with him when he formed Betrayal. The sound here is pretty much 80s thrash, with lots of fire and a good amount of speed. They even touch on some speed metal in the last song. It seems that all four of the songs here made it on to their Wickenstraut compilation in 1993.