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The English thrash metal band Hydra Vein were formed in Brighton in the
spring of 1987, when Deathwish bassist Damon Maddison left that band in
order to record his own material.
Biography Recruiting his brother and likewise ex-Deathwish member Nathan
on drums, together with singer Mike Keen, the trio recorded ?The
Reptilliad? demo in July 1987, augmented by guitarists Dave Brunt (also
known as Dave Deathwish) and Alan Wheatley-Crowe. As both guitarists were
involved with their own outfits at the time, they appear on the credits
listing as ?Jack Kartoffel?, after a one-liner from the film Top Secret!,
though do get a name check in the ?Thanks To? section, along with pianist
Thomas Foster, who provided the tape?s intro.
The demo tape garnered decent reviews in the metal press and generated a
lot of interest among the cognoscenti of the thrash underground, whereupon
the new Metalother label stepped in with an offer of a one-album
