Blind Date with Violence is the debut album by thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band The Scourger

The Scourger

The Scourger is a thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland that formed in 2003. All three of the band's singles have landed on the national Finnish charts: "Hatehead", which debuted at #1 in July 2005; "Maximum Intensity", which landed at #3 a year later and climbed to #2 the following week; and...

. It was released on January 4, 2006 and later re-released as an international version with bonus tracks on October 6, 2006 via Cyclone Records. Two of the album's singles landed on the national Finnish charts: "Hatehead" at #1 in July 2005, and "Maximum Intensity" at #3 the following year, climbing to #2 one week later.

Track listing

1. "Decline of Conformity / Grading: Deranged" – 5:52
2. "Hatehead" – 3:32
3. "Maximum Intensity" - 3:43
4. "Enslaved to Faith" – 3:16
5. "The Oath & the Lie" – 3:18
6. "Chapter Thirteen" – 4:58
7. "Pain Zone" - 4:53
8. "Exodus Day" – 4:30
9. "Feast of the Carnivore" – 4:48
10. "Ghosts of War" (Slayer
    Slayer
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     cover) – 3:48
11. "Over the Wall" (Testament
    Testament (band)
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     cover) – 4:14
12. "The Greediness" – 5:28
13. "Black Worms" – 6:05
14. "Grading: Deranged [Live]" – 5:04
15. "Maximum Intensity [Live]" – 3:41
16. "The Oath & the Lie [Live]" – 3:32

• Tracks 10–16 are bonus tracks from the international version.

Credits

• Jari Hurskainen – vocals
  Singing
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• Seppo Tarvainen – drums
  Drummer
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• Jani Luttinen – guitars
  Guitarist
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• Timo Nyberg – guitars
• Kimmo Kammonen – bass
  Bassist
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• Aaro Seppovaara – producing, engineering, mixing
• Petri Majuri – mastering