Black Rain - Metal Rain 1989-1993 (2018)

DKA is very honored to be able to present, on vinyl for the first time, Black Rain's "Metal Rain" 1988-1993. This archival release captures the group at a time when it was experimenting with a more traditional 4-piece rock set up (drums/guitars/bass/vocals), although the results are anything but traditional. Interspersed with bits of scraping ambient and textural forays this is a record full of thrash and riffs and energy. While the palette is far removed from what fans might expect based on their more recent output, the core aesthetic ideas and principles that drive those tracks can still be heard throughout this wildly different format. The result is surprisingly varied and extremely dense and rewarding.

The history of these recordings is rich and complex and we have done our best to condense the notes that we received from Stuart Argabright. All text in quotes are his unchanged words to us.