British Disaster: The Battle Of ‘89 (Live At The Astoria)

Fabulous Disaster is the third studio album by American thrash metal band EXODUS, released on January 30, 1989. Exodus toured for five months to promote the release of Fabulous Disaster and embarked on a month-long European tour with Nuclear Assault and Acid Reign.

The band wrapped up the album tour, performing at The Fillmore in San Francisco on July 14, 1989, which was recorded for the band’s first live album Good Friendly Violent Fun and released two years later.

However, things could have been different back then, because on the night of March 8 ,1989 another show was recorded, a show that saw them destroy the stage of The Astoria in London! A night that went down in history and became legendary among Exodus and thrash metal fans worldwide!

This recording has remained unheard and kept in the Exodus vaults until now! 35 years later this rager of a show will finally be released for the first time ever!

On the release Gary Holt comments, “Sometimes something truly awesome drops right in your lap. In the case of Exodus, it was full multitrack tape reels from our headlining show in London while on tour for Fabulous Disaster! So we thought, “let’s listen and see what we have” and BAM! We were on FIRE! Pure over-the-top thrash, one hundred percent live, and as dangerous as ever! We are fucking stoked to be able to release this for our fans. Total mayhem!”