Artillery is a Danish thrash metal band formed in Taastrup in 1982. Early lineups mentioned in reviews include Jorgen (Sandau/Landau) and brothers Michael and Morten Stutzer, with Flemming Rønsdorf as a notable vocalist. Key albums reviewed here include Fear Of Tomorrow (1985), Terror Squad (1987), By Inheritance (1989) and When Death Comes (2009).

Formed in Taastrup in 1982. Early records were released on Neat Records; later signed to Roadracer for By Inheritance. Worked with producer Flemming Rasmussen (By Inheritance). Reviews highlight compositional growth across the 1980s, limited early production budgets, and later reunions leading to new releases.

DeBaser reviews present Artillery as a key Danish thrash outfit from the 1980s with important records (Fear Of Tomorrow, Terror Squad, By Inheritance) and later comebacks (When Death Comes). Reviews emphasize compositional growth, strong riffs and standout vocals. Label problems and limited early production are recurring themes.

For:Fans of 1980s thrash and speed metal, metal historians, collectors

 Artillery were the most creative and seminal Danish thrash metal band of the '80s, the first to challenge the power of the sacred Teutonic triad Sodom-Kreator-Destruction in Continental Europe.

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 “By Inheritance” (’89), it must be said, is markedly different from (and, in my opinion, superior to) what the band had done before, a result of continuous technical and compositional evolution over the years...

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 'Terror Squad' is one of those works that, hand in hand with its masterful and even more refined successor 'By Inheritance', should have entered the annals of the genre...

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