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Metalmorphosis 12" (Under One Flag Records 12FLAG101, 1986)
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I've Got A Gun! Live in Helsinki (Retch Records, 1999)
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Angel In The Flames (2019, Time & Matter Records)
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Every Little Thing Counts EP (1999, Earache Records)
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53:Contentious material
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