


Readers were able to clip this ad and mail it in to Reprise for a free cassette copy of The Madness Begins. The release was mainly distributed via a promotional ad featured in some of the most popular metal magazines of the era. They subsequently signed to Reprise Records and released The Madness Begins. Powermad formed in 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and released an EP with demos on Combat Records in 1986. Vocalist Joel DuBay's singing is easily recognizable with his mixture of singing and high screams. The group has been called an "innovative and often forgotten speed metal band.who infused progressive metal styles and European styles into abstract American speed metal." The band's intricate riff formulations were heavily influenced by thrash metal acts like Metallica and Testament. Powermad is an American thrash/ speed metal band formed in Minneapolis in 1984.
