D.R.I. - 4 Of A Kind LP (White/Green Splatter Vinyl)

2025 reissue on limited white/green splattered vinyl + downloadcode.

Limited to 300 copies.

Though definitely not the greatest thrash offering to come out of the 1988, much of the flack this album has caught can be chalked up to it having followed Crossover, which will likely forever be adored as this album's crowning achievement in metal circles. It doesn't quite close the stylistic deal the way that Thrash Zone would a year later either, but it bears a greater similarity to said 1989 effort and comes off as the sort of mature thrash offering that most would come to associate with the early 90s output of Anthrax and Nuclear Assault. Those seeking a more extravagant display of guitar showmanship will want to look to Suicidal Tendencies' aforementioned 1988 masterwork, or just about any other more technically charged thrash offering from Eternal Nightmare to The New Order. But for the prospective thrash metal junkie who simply asks for the riffs to cut hard, for the songs to be fast and furious, and don't mind a slightly larger dose of that rustic hardcore punk sound that helped to birth the genre, one could do a lot worse.