Intruder - Psycho Savant (1991)

As I was listening to this in my car, I was trying to determine what year it was released. The style is pretty typical of the late 80's, with slightly aggressive vocals punctuated by high notes for accent, and repetitive, simplistic thrash riffs. There's not a lot of technicality the way we know it today (or even compared to bands like Toxik and Watchtower in the late 80's). About the only thing that stands out are some of the guitar leads. When they focus on being appropriate for the song or trying to actually say something, they work, but sometimes they're seemingly just there to fill the space where the guitar solo goes. Ultimately, I concluded that this would have been a pretty good release for the mid 80's, a decent release in the late 80's to early 90's, and sub-par for 1993 and beyond. Turns out it was released in 1991, so it's safely in the "decent but not exceptional" category.

Kudos to the band for making this available from their website.