Over The Top - Demos 1987 & 1989 Metal with appropriately cosmic cover art

with appropriately cosmic cover art designed by another Holy Mountain alumni: Alexander Tucker

the band's second full-length

Desolate Endscape by Phrenelith

plus a booklet with a lengthy feature by Hippo Taatila and some visual memorabilia

Bile and venom distilled and added until the leaves fell

Over The Top - Demos 1987 & 1989 Metal with appropriately cosmic cover artFRONT 002Formed in 1986, Over The Top (aka OTT) burst into the southeastern Virginia metal scene like a hurricane touting influences from Slayer, Metallica, Exodus and local brethren At War. OTT quickly solidified their place in the local scene by playing a ton of shows which were always intense. Their eponymous 1987 demo and 1989s Lighting of the Pyre demo hold up as some of the most underrated thrash classics that youve likely never heard. They