In the eighties one of the most promising Christian thrash bands was Martyr. This band released several demos but never got a record deal. When original member David Prado left the band and took the band name with him, the remaining members reformed and took up the name Betrayal and eventually released CDs. The Passing Of Time is a recollection of the demo days. This CD contains songs from almost all released demos except Death Is Dead (1987), but there are three cuts from a never before released demo recorded towards the end of Martyr. Of course, the quality of the recordings is not as high as you're probably used to as these songs are demo recordings by the standards of the eighties and early nineties. But what you can hear is some real great thrash tunes with speed and heavy metal mixed in. Some of these songs were later on rerecorded by Betrayal for their first CD. One of them is Escaping The Altar which is one of the true gems the band has ever made. I really wonder why Martyr was never picked up by a label as this is great material. The Passing Of Time contains also a live video of the song Frantic that was made out of footage of three or more gigs of Martyr and Betrayal. It's not perfect as the audio and video are not quite synchronic but it's just cool to see it as it's reflective of a time that I bear memories with me too. For the old Betrayal and Martyr fans this is a real collector's item to cherish. Not perfect in quality but relevant in history.
More from Martyr
More from Betrayal
2002In Remembrance Of Me
1993The Passing
Reviling Darkness
1999Leaving Nevermore
1991Renaissance by Death
