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. It was self-released in 1985 as ''Pentagram'', but was reissued by Peaceville Records in 1993 with the new title and reordered track listing. It was also issued as a two-disc split CD with '' Day of Reckoning'' in 1996 and then re-released again in 2005 as a

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CD. The album is now commonly known as ''Relentless''.

Background and release

The album was originally recorded in 1981 and 1982 as two separate recording sessions and released in 1982 on the ''All Your Sins'' demo tape under the band name Death Row. The band, by then renamed Pentagram, decided to re-record some vocals and guitar parts in 1984 and created a complete new mix for their self-released debut album. The 1984 remix of the recordings appeared only on first-edition vinyl copies of the album (those with the purple logo on the cover) and that mix was never released on CD or later vinyl pressings. When Peaceville reissued the album on CD in 1993, they restored the original 1982 mix and track listing to save the original spirit and charm of the recordings. All CD and LP versions released since 1993 contain the original 1982 version.

Music

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'' wrote: "When Bobby Leibling’s occult hellraisers released this full-length debut, 14 years into their slow-release career, their magisterial Virginian take on Sabbath’s downer fundamentals already sounded spookily out-of-time. Even more so when Peaceville reissued, renamed, repackaged and resequenced the album in 1993, ramping up the raw garage sound of Pentagram’s original tapes."

Track listing

Original version (''Pentagram'')

1993 reissue (''Relentless'')

Lineup

* Bobby Liebling – vocals *Victor Griffin – guitar *Martin Swaney – bass * Joe Hasselvander – drums

Notes

References

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