In a year where iron maiden, def leppard and judas priest were revelling in each of their respective successes, so was an interesting british band called killing joke, who, with their debut, conveyed a whole new meaning to music itself. Actually, i love this album, forgot what i said before;)

Vastly overrated quasi-one-song album we have here. Other than the tile track and the song that Metallica would go on to cover and improve, not much to hear. Reading reviews of this album shows that most people focus on 1-2 songs while leaving the rest aside for some (good) reason. Jaz's voice was nowhere near its potential at this point. His clean vocals would properly develop during the band's pop phase, while his Lemmy~esque voice in the 90s.

It took me a while to realize that The Wait was actually the same song Metallica cover on their cover EP in the 80s. How Hetfield and the gang was able to spot potential in this song baffles me to this day. God bless the ears of uncorrupted young Metallica. This album is a product of its time and I guess that you had to be there to appreciate it. For fans of Joy Division, this might be likeable. Killing joke was unfortunately a product of their time. They would jump onto what was popular back then (admittedly new wave was popular in the early 80s, so much so that even Al's Ministry sung new wave on the debut album with a faux British accent) rather than develop a style of their own. This would have to wait a decade.