California's thrashing speedcore pioneers CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER team up with FOAD Records for an incredible vinyl treasure finally giving the right treatment to their legendary 'Life In Grave' Demo 1985 and to an accurate selection of ultra-rare/unreleased recordings ranging from their three piece line-up era (1985) to the 'Convicted'/'Money Talks' days. This release has been in the works for months until FOAD found the top sounding masters in existence and restored them for the best possible audiophile result when pressed on vinyl. Side A includes the band's demo tape 'Life In Grave' adding two rehearsal tracks from the same period, one is a speeded up HELLHAMMER cover and one is a super-raw version of VENOM's 'Welcome To Hell'. Side B is all focused on the 'Convicted'/'Money Talks' 4-piece line-up and includes various live recordings and a good sounding rehearsal tape from 1986. All songs here are performed even faster than how they were played on their classic albums. This is how Goodbadmusic.com introduced 'Life In Grave': "1985 was a good year for music - bands like SLAUGHTER, NYC MAYHEM, VOOR, WEHRMACHT, HIRAX, DEATH, REPULSION and CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER amazed me and they still blow me away today! Especially this one here with its youthful urgency, its unpolished power and enthusiasm.