Before the Kill" is a compilation of the earliest recordings of the US power/thrash veterans from Boston. It contains a pre-MELIAH RAGE rehearsal from 1986 with another vocalist and with 4 previously unreleased songs (more classic metal style), 1st demo with Munro from 1987, "Kill to Survive" song off the 2nd demo, and 3 live tracks from 1988. This is as raw and authentic as it gets 70 minutes of pulsating energy, sheer enthusiasm and old school aggression a trip down the memory lane for all true Metalheads into METAL CHURCH, RIOT, old METALLICA and demo-era MERCYFUL FATE! For fans of: RIOT, METAL CHURCH, HERETIC, METALLICA, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, WARGASM, XENTRIX