In today’s extreme music scene only a few drummers deserve to be seen as “legendary” and pioneers. Pete Sandoval of Terrorizer and Morbid Angel fame certainly belongs to those that shaped the whole face of the Grindcore and Death Metal movement. Sandoval highly anticipated second official album with Terrorizer, “Darker Days Ahead”, will be released on CD and LP on August 21st, 2006 via Century Media Records.
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Los Angeles’ own Terrorizer released their highly acclaimed and genre-defining debut album “World Downfall” in 1989 via Earache Records, the band took the scene by storm with an aggression and ferocity unheard of until then. Consequently, “World Downfall” achieved to lead this underground outfit to become a cult institution, despite their prompt disbanding, which saw the musicians on the album concentrate on their future main bands: Pete Sandoval with Morbid Angel and guitarist Jesse Pintado with Napalm Death.
Creating the Grindcore equivalent of Slayer\'s “Reign In Blood” with “World Downfall”, Terrorizer succeeded in inspiring an entire generation of bands, letting the act’s popularity never cease throughout the years to come. The massive amount of available bootleg-recordings and band merchandise as well as rumours of a follow-up album kept Terrorizer’s name well alive.