This demo compilation managed to serve as double-duty for me on a personal level. First, ever since the album came out I had fans asking for demos, especially to hear the cover versions that we had done on the first demo and to hear any of the hanging-on Ramrod demo tracks. Second, in 2007 the plan I had to slowly release new Rampage material that Aerik was going to record vocals for over the years 2006-2008 or do was not coming to fruition, and I wanted to keep some material coming out on UHR. Working with other bands like Demontage and Black Torment was good, but I wanted my own music to come out as well. I finally put two and two together, dug into my vault, and here is the result.

I'm still obviously not happy with my vocals on here, but then again they were never intended to be final vocals anyway, and I figure even bad vocals are better than no vocals for demo releases like this. Those tracks are pretty key, though, in showing the growth of sound between the Apocalypse Metal demo and the final album - the move from big, slick drums and buzzy black-metal-styled guitars to a more cohesive, thrash-oriented sound is pretty obvious when these tracks are played alongside the earlier demo tracks.

The Ramrod tracks, though, are the real cream of the crop here. While I'm totally happy with the direction the band has gone with vocals now, I had wanted to work with Ramrod for years, and I do feel some regret that this handful of tracks is all we really collaborated on together. Still, something is better than nothing.