Band : Mass
Album title : 84 Unchained
Label : Retroactive Records
Distributor : Plastic Head - Bertus
Release Date : 26/01/2011
Release : CD

Retroactive bring us this reissue of the original self released 1984 debut EP by American band Mass.  Apparently this EP was a rather big success back then, since it sold 10.000 copies, in the Boston Area alone.  Where the original EP only contained 4 tracks, for this re-issue an extra, previously unreleased track has been added.

Existing since almost 30 years they even released a new CD in 2010 titled ‘Sea Of Black’. What can be said about this re-release. It’s classic eighties stuff, although they sound a bit heavier than the average American band.  A shame that the production is rather poorly done.  

65/100

Erik Morren.