Protected Illusion - Festering Fairytales (1990)

This is some decent thrash from Finland. It's not top tier like WatchTower, Toxik, Deathrow or Helstar, but they have some good riffs and a few of the songs are pretty good. They're on par with their countrymen Rectum, but I don't find them as interesting as they focus more on straight-up fast thrash riffs than progressiveness. The vocals are of the typical screamed/shouted style that was common at the time, with perhaps a touch of Chuck Schuldiner in them. They do include one section of clean vocals in the last song, "Runk Opstrom". This was a bad idea, guys. The guitar solos are also pretty bad; thankfully, they're few and far between. Otherwise, the playing is pretty solid, though I wouldn't describe it as flashy. The production is pretty weak, but not worse than others at the time. This is mostly a novelty at this point, but there are some good songs, and fans of late 80's thrash might still enjoy it.

Their MySpace page has four of the songs from this album, though none of them are the best songs.