When flipping through the metal bins at the local record stores in the mid-’80s, I'd stare at this Belgian group's album covers, and get a little nervous that they were one of those weird European import bands whose records would just be too heavy, guttural, and monstrous to listen to, that the primitive bestiality of the music would poison my soul and give me nightmares. Just the name (ACID!) suggested you might succumb to a bad trip by spinning their records and go off the deep end (I've seen it happen). Big dummy, I should have picked them up back then, as it turns out yeah they were somewhat primitive, but they actually played rockin' speed metal with a punky/NWOBHM edge, and had a tough female vocalist. Would definitely recommend this LP to non-metalheads exploring the genre, as it avoids some of the motifs that turn off many potential listeners (squealy guitar, cookie monster vocals, complex riffing that goes nowhere).
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