The West Virginia Records label was founded by HOLY MOSES-couple Andy and Sabina Classen and was distributed by SPV. They had a couple of sublabels, including Morbid Music and Toxo Tapes, whose releases I've also included here (on-topic or not) to make sense of the cat# series.
I ended the list with their last vinyl release.
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50-57019 | Holy Moses | Too Drunk To Fuck | 12"Pic-EP | 1990 | 
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008-57021 | Monsters | Riot In The Night | LP/CD | 1990 | Glam/melo-metal(?) a la Icon.. |
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Glam/melo-metal(?) a la Icon.. | |||||||||
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50-57035 | Monsters | Life's Blowing In The Wind | 12" EP | 1990 |
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008-57041 | Howlin' Mad | Insanity | LP/CD | 1990 | The one major problem with Thrash Metal is there's too many Thrash Metal bands. |
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The one major problem with Thrash Metal is there's too many Thrash Metal bands. | |||||||||
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008-57051 | The Heroes | Do You Believe In...? | LP/CD | 1991 | Originally as a private release in 1990, with different cover art. I'm gonna guess blindly here and proclaim this Not Metal ...? |
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Originally as a private release in 1990, with different cover art. I'm gonna guess blindly here and proclaim this Not Metal ...? | |||||||||
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008-57061 | Immortalis | Indicium De Mortuis | LP/CD | 1991 |  Generic DM |
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Generic DM |
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008-57071 | Incubator | Symphonies Of Spiritual Cannibalism | LP/CD | 1991 |  Doomy DM |
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Doomy DM |
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008-57081 | Jumpin' Jesus | The Art Of Crucifying | LP/CD | 1991 | Technical DM |
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Technical DM |
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?5709? | ? | ? | LP/CD? | 1991? |
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008-57101 | Holy Moses | Terminal Terror (Τηεοτοχψ) | LP/CD | 1991 | There's more Death Metal-influences to be found here compared to their older Aaarrg-discog, reminding of "Consuming Impulse"-era PESTILENCE. I think I like 'em better this way. |
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There's more Death Metal-influences to be found here compared to their older Aaarrg-discog, reminding of "Consuming Impulse"-era PESTILENCE. I think I like 'em better this way. | |||||||||
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084-57112 | Toys Bizzare | My Parents Went To Hell | CD | 1991 | Not Metal. Funky crap. |
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Not Metal. Funky crap. | |||||||||
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008-57121 | Dosenmontag | Guten Taach | LP/CD | 1991 | On the Hakuna Matata Rekotz sublabel Not Metal. Punk rock. |
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On the Hakuna Matata Rekotz sublabel Not Metal. Punk rock. |
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?5713? | ? | ? | LP/CD? | 1991? |
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084-57142 | Dead Serious | It's A Nice Day | CD | 1991 |  (...though technically they're re-christened the Toxo TCM Label here.) Just as original as you'd expect from an early 90's Belgian Thrash band writing songs about Donald Duck... |
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(...though technically they're re-christened the Toxo TCM Label here.) Just as original as you'd expect from an early 90's Belgian Thrash band writing songs about Donald Duck... |
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084-57152 | Various | Cries Of The Unborn | CD | 1991 | Sampler including various Metal and punk bands from WVR and its sublabels: Warpath, Holy Moses, Immortalis, Incubator, Jumpin' Jesus, Polluted Inheritance, Dead Serious and Dosenmontag. |
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Sampler including various Metal and punk bands from WVR and its sublabels: Warpath, Holy Moses, Immortalis, Incubator, Jumpin' Jesus, Polluted Inheritance, Dead Serious and Dosenmontag. |
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008-57161 | Warpath | When War Begins | LP/CD | 1992 | Groovy "modern" thrash with "attitude" that thankfully(?) leans ever so slightly more towards Metallica than Pantera..... |
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Groovy "modern" thrash with "attitude" that thankfully(?) leans ever so slightly more towards Metallica than Pantera..... | |||||||||
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084-57172 | O.K. Corral | O.K. Corral | CD | 1992 | Supposedly funk-infested hr w/ a southern rock-flair... |
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Supposedly funk-infested hr w/ a southern rock-flair... | |||||||||
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008-57181 | Accessory | Within Your Mind | LP/CD | 1992 | Death Metal in the Morbid Angel-vein with - even by DM standards - quite contrived vocals.. |
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Death Metal in the Morbid Angel-vein with - even by DM standards - quite contrived vocals.. |
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084-57192 | General Lee Band | Confederal Wedding | CD | 1992 | First I was convinced the only reason this country/southern rock affair could have ended up on the label was because it just had to be a secret side-project from the Classen's, but no, they're actually made up of ex-members of the great olde NWOGHM-act GATOR(!) |
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First I was convinced the only reason this country/southern rock affair could have ended up on the label was because it just had to be a secret side-project from the Classen's, but no, they're actually made up of ex-members of the great olde NWOGHM-act GATOR(!) | |||||||||
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008-57202 | Sweet Killer | Woman For Sale | CD | 1992 | Reissued on WVR as Vincent Beck Group - "The Chasm"the year after, with new artwork. |
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Reissued on WVR as Vincent Beck Group - "The Chasm"the year after, with new artwork. |
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084-57212 | Wild Champange | From Now For Ever | CD | 1992 | Def' some catchy German Hardrockmetal-moments to be found here. A bit glammy at times, but not as all-out Skid Row-worshipping as many of their comrades from the late 80's. |
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Def' some catchy German Hardrockmetal-moments to be found here. A bit glammy at times, but not as all-out Skid Row-worshipping as many of their comrades from the late 80's. | |||||||||
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008-57221 | Deathrow | Life Beyond | LP/CD | 1992 | One of the few Thrash bands that became better after going progressive and this might even top their seminal "Deception Ignored"album. |
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One of the few Thrash bands that became better after going progressive and this might even top their seminal "Deception Ignored"album. | |||||||||
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008-57232 | Holy Moses | Reborn Dogs | LP/CD | 1992 | Their intense Death-Thrash is almost taking on a crust-sound on this their 6th full-lenght, but not so much as on the more HC-influenced "No Matter..." follow-up. |
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Their intense Death-Thrash is almost taking on a crust-sound on this their 6th full-lenght, but not so much as on the more HC-influenced "No Matter..." follow-up. | |||||||||
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008-57242 | Incubator | Mc Gillroy The Housefly | LP/CD | 1992 | Doomy/progressive/thrashy Death Metal, quite Voivod'ian and not yet as unMetal as their Steamhammer follow-up "Hirnnektar" from '93.. |
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Doomy/progressive/thrashy Death Metal, quite Voivod'ian and not yet as unMetal as their Steamhammer follow-up "Hirnnektar" from '93.. | |||||||||
Compiled by DaN Edman.
