Realm
This Milwaukee, USA based, hi-tech thrash metal quintet was formed by guitarists Takis Kinis and Paul Laganowski in 1985. By a process of trial and error, they finally completed the line-up with Mark Antoni (vocals), Steve Post (bass) and Mike Olson (drums). Following a string of successful club shows, they landed the support slots on the Wendy O. Williams and Megadeth tours in 1986. Signing to Roadracer Records they released ENDLESS WAR in 1988. This was a complex fusion of hard-rock, thrash and jazz influences and included a remarkable cover of the Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby. Their second album saw them becoming too complex with a multitude of unnecessary time-changes, rendering much of the material incoherent and unmelodic.