Insult to Injury is the third full-length studio album from New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 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, Whiplash

Whiplash (band)

Whiplash is an American thrash metal/speed metal band. The band was founded in 1984 in Passaic, New Jersey by the three Tonys: Tony Portaro , Tony Scaglione and Tony Bono . Joe Cangelosi replaced Tony Scaglione in 1986 when he left for a small stint with Slayer...

. It follows 1987's Ticket to Mayhem

Ticket to Mayhem

Ticket to Mayhem is the second studio album from New Jersey thrash metal band, Whiplash. It was released on Roadrunner Records in 1987 and follows 1985's Power and Pain...

. It was six years before a largely changed line-up recorded a new album, Cult of One

Cult of One

Cult of One is the fourth full-length studio album from New Jersey thrash metal band, Whiplash. It was released on Massacre Records in 1996 and follows a six year absence of the band after 1990's Insult to Injury...

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This album saw the addition of a vocalist, Glenn Hansen, as Tony Portaro concentrated on guitar duties instead of the dual role he had performed on previous albums.

It seems that the original album title may have been Rape of the Mind, as Tony Portaro says in a live performance video recorded at Copenhagen.

Track listing

1. "Voice of Sanity" – 3:37
2. "Hiroshima" – 3:14
3. "Insult to Injury" – 2:42
4. "Dementia Thirteen" – 3:02
5. "Essence of Evil" – 5:59
6. "Witness to the Terror" – 3:58
7. "Battle Scars" – 4:27
8. "Rape of the Mind" – 2:29
9. "Ticket to Mayhem / 4 E.S." – 4:07
10. "Pistolwhipped" – 3:17

Live Bonus Tracks on Re-issue

11. "Spit on Your Grave" – 5:20
12. "Red Bomb" – 3:27
13. "Cyanide Grenade" – 4:08
14. "Warmonger" – 3:35
15. "Stagedive" – 2:58

Credits

• Glenn Hansen – vocals
• Tony Portaro – guitar
• Tony Bono – bass
• Joe Cangelosi – drums

External links

• Roadrunner Records band page
• BNR Metal discography page
• Encyclopaedia Metallum album entry