TRAUMA was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1980 as one of the first of the New Wave Of Bay Area metal bands. The group's original lineup included Michael Overton on guitar, George Lady on guitar, Dennis Shafer on drums, Cliff Burton (METALLICA) on bass, and Donny Hillier on vocals.

TRAUMA quickly became well known throughout the California Bay Area and beyond, playing legendary venues like The Stone, Bill Graham's Wolfgang's, Whisky A Go Go, and The Troubadour. The first track TRAUMA ever recorded, "Such a Shame", was included on Metal Blade Records' "Metal Massacre II" compilation in 1982.

After Burton's departure to join METALLICA, the band changed personnel and musicians Kris Gustofson (drums), Ross Alexander Merson (guitar) and Lucas Advincula (bass) joined Michael Overton and Donny Hillier in their new lineup. In 1984, TRAUMA recorded the "Scratch And Scream" album for Shrapnel Records. The LP received many excellent reviews from primarily American and European heavy metal magazines such as Kerrang!, Circus and Metal Forces, to name a few.

The "Scratch And Scream" album, unavailable before on a legitimate CD issue, has long been considered a hard-to-obtain, classic heavy metal record.

Due on October 22, the "Scratch And Scream" reissue was remastered from the original master tapes and includes bonus tracks that feature the gone-but-never-forgotten bassist.

Earlier this year, the album received a retro recommendation by About.com/Metal.

After a lengthy hiatus, TRAUMA recently reformed. Donny Hillier, Kris Gustofson and Lucas Advincula have been joined by guitarist Kurt Fry, a veteran songwriter and recording/touring artist.

TRAUMA has played recent shows in San Francisco and Oakland and is planning to tour.

The band is currently in the studio, putting the finishing touches on its new album. The sound is unmistakably hard and heavy.

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TRAUMA - "Scratch And Scream"
Record Label: Sharpnel Records
Description: TRAUMA "Scratch And Scream" ALBUM OUT NOW on Sharpnel Records

A SHRAPNEL REISSUE FIRST TIME ON CD, REMASTERED WITH BONUS TRACKS FEATURING LEGENDARY BASSIST CLIFF BURTON, PRE-METALLICA.

TRAUMA was founded in the Bay Area in 1980 as one of the first of the New Wave Of Bay Area Metal Bands. The original line-up included Michael Overton - guitar, George Lady - guitar, Dennis Shafer - drums, the iconic Cliff Burton (Metallica) - bass guitar, and Donny Hillier - vocals. The band quickly became well-known throughout the California Bay Area and beyond, playing legendary venues like The Stone, Bill Graham's Wolfgang's, The Whisky-A-Go-Go, and The Troubadour. The first track TRAUMA ever recorded, "Such a Shame", was included on Metal Blade Records, Metal Massacre II album in 1982.

After Cliff Burton's departure to join Metallica, the band changed personnel and musicians Kris Gustofson - drums, Ross Alexander Merson - guitar, and Lucas Advincula - bass guitar joined Michael Overton and Donny Hillier in their new line-up. In 1984, TRAUMA recorded the Scratch And Scream album for Shrapnel Records. The album received many excellent reviews from primarily American and European Heavy Metal magazines, such as Kerrang, Circus, and Metal Forces, to name a few.

The Scratch and Scream album, unavailable before on a legitimate CD issue, has long been considered a hard to obtain, classic Heavy Metal record.

Earlier this year, the album received a Retro Recommendation by About.com/Metal in January 2013.

After a lengthy hiatus, TRAUMA has recently reformed. Donny Hillier, Kris Gustofson, and Lucas Advincula have been joined by guitarist Kurt Fry, a veteran songwriter and recording/touring artist. TRAUMA has played recent shows in San Francisco and Oakland and is planning to tour. The band is currently in the studio, putting the finishing touches on their new album. The sound is unmistakably hard and heavy.


TRACK LISTING:
1. THE DAY ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE
2. BRINGIN' THE HOUSE DOWN
3. I KILL FOR LESS
4. SCRATCH AND SCREAM
5. THE WARLOCK
6. LAY LOW
7. IN THE END
8. WE ARE WATCHING YOU
9. THE FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN


BONUS TRACKS:
10. SUCH A SHAME
11. WE'RE GOING OFF
12. WOMAN BE GONE


Points of Interest: 
* Remastered from the original master
tapes, this version sounds awesome and
is housed in an attractive, limited edition
digi-pak cover.

* "Scratch And Scream" has not been previously
released in the USA on CD. Trauma
fans have waited years for this exciting
legitimate release on CD.

* Trauma is recognized by many progressive
metal fans as one of the underground
classics to come out of the 80's guitardriven
metal scene.


Will Be Available @ Amazon.com, iTunes and Shrapnel Records.com
http://shrapnelrecords.com/trauma/scratch-and-scream


* Contact Shrapnel Label Group
Publicist Scott Thomas for more artist
information, interviews, etc.
P. 512-523-8333,
sthomas9@austin.rr.com

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Here is what HardRockHaven.net had to say about "Scratch and Scream" ... Here is one of the best releases of 2013: an old obscure record by a little-known metal band with some even more obscure bonus tracks featuring Cliff Burton. The band is Trauma – one of Bay Area thrash pioneers of the early 80s, and Scratch and Scream was their only album released in 1984. After sustaining a cult underground status for almost 30 years, it now gets a new lease on life thanks to Shrapnel now reissuing it as a CD for the first time in the US. What adds to the buzz are three bonus tracks with Cliff Burton on the bass, recorded when he still played in Trauma before defecting to Metallica. 


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