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"Stop the Madness" is the first demo recording by Norwegian crossover thrash metal/hardcore act Seance. The demo was independently released in May 1989. Seance formed earlier the same year and "Stop the Madness" is their sole output before changing their name to Buttocks.
Seance initially played a crossover thrash metal/hardcore music style which goes well with the lo-fi rehearsal room recording quality of this demo. It´s all young, fun, and occasionally aggressive and filthy sounding music. A warts and all recording featuring coughs, laughter, and a song having to be started twice. "Siste Sang" ("Last Song") is even a nice melodic rock song with harmonica. So it´s not the most consistent release in terms of music style, but there´s some great charm to the young energy and immature performance, which makes me smile and that´s a quality parameter too in my book. A 2 star (40%) rating is warranted.
