''Raging Violence'' is the debut album by American

thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...

band

Hirax The Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX) is an interferometric array of 1024 6-meter (20 ft) diameter radio telescopes, operating at 400-800 MHz, that will be deployed at the Square Kilometer Array site in the Karoo regi ...

, released in 1985 through

Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distr ...

Track listing

Personnel

*Katon W. De Pena (Bobby Johnson) - vocals *Gary Monardo - bass *Scott Owen - guitars *John Tabares - drums ;Production *

Bill Metoyer Bill Metoyer is an American record producer who has recorded with Slayer, Deliverance, Hirax, Morbid Angel, Trouble and Tourniquet. He has worked at Metal Blade Records for several years as house producer and currently works as A&R. He also w ...

- engineering *

Tom G. Warrior Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born 19 July 1963), also known by his stage names of Tom G. Warrior and Satanic Slaughter, is a Swiss metal musician. He led the groups Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, and today is the frontman of the band Triptykon. Caree ...

- logo *Stephanie Barrett - photography *Joe Henderson - photography *Bill Hale - photography *John Fetters - photography *Rick Smith - photography *Ken Rojas - photography *Todd Nakamine - photography *Morgan Young - photography *Lisha Mahoney - photography * Brian "Pushead" Schroeder - cover art

References

1985 debut albums Hirax albums Metal Blade Records albums Speed metal albums Albums with cover art by Pushead {{1980s-thrash-metal-album-stub