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Svart Records is touting Blood Money, the subject of this Complete Execution compilation, as a cult NWOBHM act and that seems like a stretch to me. Sure, the guys in this band were in a previous band associated with the NWOBHM, but Blood Money's demo came out in 1985, and the movement was pretty much over by then. In addition, Blood Money plays fast, raw, and heavy thrash/speed metal, unlike the vast majority of NWOBHM bands with the notable exception of Venom. Classification notwithstanding, for your money, you get everything this band recorded including their two studio albums, Raw, Red, and Bleeding and Battlescarred, plus a bunch of demos and live tracks, nearly two hours of pummeling riffs and bashing drums. The vocals are clear (for some reason they remind me of Y&T's Dave Meniketti) and powerful, so much so that the singer occasionally pushes himself out of tune. While there's nothing here that really stands above the rest, the entirety of Complete Execution is a solid, headbanging time, though, with 32 tracks, your neck will be sore. That makes it a bit of a load to sit through in one session, at least digitally, like I did. Also, the quality drops off when you get to the demos and live tracks, so I found myself wondering occasionally when it would end. What I can't deny is how often my foot was tapping and my head was banging, so even though it wore me out, there's quality to be found. Give this one a spin if Motörhead and Venom mixed with early Metallica and Exciter sounds like a potent brew you might enjoy.