Speak Your Peace is the fourth and final album from crossover thrash

Crossover thrash

__FORCETOC__Crossover thrash, often abbreviated to crossover, is a form of thrash metal that contains more hardcore punk elements than standard thrash. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and punk rock...

/hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Cryptic Slaughter

Cryptic Slaughter

Cryptic Slaughter was a Santa Monica, California-based crossover thrash band.-Biography:Cryptic Slaughter was formed in 1984 by Les Evans , Scott Peterson and Adam Scott , who met through their mutual participation in the American Youth Soccer League . Soon they were joined by Bill Crooks , a...

. It was released in 1990 on Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 and follows 1988's Stream of Consciousness. Actually, the band had split up following the 1988 album and remaining member, Les Evans, relocated from California

California

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 to Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

 and reformed with three new members, including former Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht (band)

Wehrmacht is an American thrash metal/hardcore punk band, that was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1985. After releasing two albums on New Renaissance Records, the band split up. Later, both albums were re-issued on one CD....

 drummer, Brian Lehfeldt. The resulting album was quite a change in style for the band, moving from their hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 roots more to a crossover thrash

Crossover thrash

__FORCETOC__Crossover thrash, often abbreviated to crossover, is a form of thrash metal that contains more hardcore punk elements than standard thrash. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and punk rock...

 sound, complete with quirky rhythms and melodies. The band again split shortly after this release.

Track listing

1. "Born Too Soon" (Dave Hollingsworth, Les Evans, Bret Davis) – 5:15
2. "Still Born, Again" (Hollingsworth, Evans) – 3:32
3. "Insanity by the Numbers" (Hollingsworth, Davis) – 2:39
4. "Co-Exist" (Hollingsworth, Evans, Davis) – 4:10
5. "Deathstyles of the Poor and Lowly" (Hollingsworth, Davis) – 2:00
6. "One Thing or Another" (Hollingsworth, Evans, Davis) – 3:12
7. "Divided Minds" (Hollingsworth, Evans) – 4:24
8. "Speak Your Peace" (Hollingsworth, Evans, Brian Lehfeldt) – 3:20
9. "Killing Time" (Hollingsworth, Evans) – 5:15

Credits

• Dave Hollingsworth – vocals
• Les Evans – guitar
• Bret Davis – bass
• Brian Lehfeldt – drums

• Recorded Dogfish Sound, Newberg, Oregon
  Newberg, Oregon
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 18,064 people, 6,099 households, and 4,348 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,599.4 people per square mile . There were 6,435 housing units at an average density of 1,282.2 per square mile...
  
  , USA
• Produced by Cryptic Slaughter
  Cryptic Slaughter
  Cryptic Slaughter was a Santa Monica, California-based crossover thrash band.-Biography:Cryptic Slaughter was formed in 1984 by Les Evans , Scott Peterson and Adam Scott , who met through their mutual participation in the American Youth Soccer League . Soon they were joined by Bill Crooks , a...
  
   and Drew Canulette
• Engineered by Drew Canulette
• Mixed at Pace Video Center, Portland, Oregon
  Portland, Oregon
  Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
  
  , USA
• Cover art by Mike King and Steve Cheese

External links

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