Credits:AnacrusisDescription:AlthoughAnacrusis'debutalbum,1988'sSufferingHour,wasmarredbyfaultyproductionthatburieditssongsunderaninordinateamountofreverb,whatthisgeographicallyisolatedandwhollyindependentbandfromSt.Louisaccomplishedwithitsownlimitedresources--onitsfirstattempt,noless--wasstillnothingshortofamiracle.Ifanything,Anacrusis'onlymistakewasaimingsohighwiththeirextantinstrumentalchopsandsongwritingambitionsthattheseproductionissueswerecastinsharperrelief,whilesimultaneouslydirectingunwantedattentiononthesomewhatdisjointedarrangementsaffectingafewofthegroup'smorecomplexsongs(e.g."AWorldtoGain,""AnnihilationComplete/Disemboweled").OnefinalgripecanbemadeaboutKennNardi'srarelyricalmisstep("FrigidBitch")andinconsistentvocalperformance,whichrangedfromimpressivemelodicsinging(certainlybythrashmetalstandards)toscreechinglikeacatbeingstrangled,andthere'snothingleftbutpraiseforSufferingHour'smanyachievements.Simplyput,impress