Ticket to Mayhem

Infobox Album
Name = Ticket to Mayhem
Type = studio
Artist = Whiplash


Released = 1987
Recorded = Morrisound Recording,
Tampa, Florida, USA
Genre = Thrash metal
Speed metal
Length = 37:31
Label = Roadrunner Records
Producer = Dan Johnson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cr2m967o3ep8 link]
*The Metal Observer Rating|5|5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=2202 link]
Last album = "Power and Pain"
(1985)
This album = "Ticket to Mayhem"
(1987)
Next album = "Insult to Injury"
(1990) |

"Ticket to Mayhem" is the second studio album from New Jersey thrash metal band, Whiplash. It was released on Roadrunner Records in 1987 and follows 1985's "Power and Pain". In 1990, the band released a follow-up album, "Insult to Injury".

The opening and closing tracks, both called "Perpetual Warfare", are simply sound effects of guns, explosions and fighter planes.

Track listing

#"Perpetual Warfare" (Tony Portaro) – 1:41
#"Walk the Plank" (Portaro, Joe Cangelosi) – 4:23
#"Last Nail in the Coffin" (Portaro, Tony Bono) – 4:30
#"Drowning in Torment" (Portaro, Cangelosi) – 3:48
#"The Burning of Atlanta" (Portaro) – 4:51
#"Eternal Eyes (Last Nail in the Coffin Part 2)" (Portaro, Bono) – 3:20
#"Snake Pit" (Portaro) – 3:52
#"Spiral of Violence" (Portaro) – 5:44
#"Respect the Dead" (Portaro) – 3:09
#"Perpetual Warfare" (Portaro) – 1:38

Credits

* Tony Portaro – vocals, guitar
* Tony Bono – bass
* Joe Cangelosi – drums

* Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida, USA
* Produced by Dan Johnson
* Engineered by Scott Burns
* Mixed by Dan Johnson and Jim Morris
* Mastered by Mike Fuller at Fullersound, Miami, Florida, USA

External links

* [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Whiplash/ Roadrunner Records band page]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=310 Encyclopaedia Metallum band entry]
* [http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/whip.htm BNR Metal discography page]