Where were you in the mid to late 00s? I was living the neo-thrash dream, where bands like Bonded By Blood, Gama Bomb, Warbringer, Evile, and others (anyone remember Rumplestiltin Grinder?) were picking up the torch dropped by the bands that got me into metal back in the 80s and running with it, palm muted chugging riffs and dive-bomb squeals littering the road in their wake. And while some achieved a modicum of success, the vast majority got left behind. I know I had no idea of the existence of Iron Age, an Austin, TX band who released two albums in their short history, but damn if The Sleeping Eye, the band’s 2009 sophomore and final release, reissued by 20 Buck Spin in 2019 doesn’t have the goods in a way no of those other bands did.

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