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Only preceded by a handful of albums like Death's \u003ci\u003eScream Bloody Gore\u003c\/i\u003e, Napalm Death's \u003ci\u003eScum \u003c\/i\u003eor Necrophagia's \u003ci\u003eSeason of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Battle There Is No Law!\u003c\/i\u003e is widely considered a landmark record and ranks among the very first Death Metal albums ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eConsisting of 8 tracks and clocking in at just around 28 minutes, the album originally released by Vinyl Solution is arguably Bolt Thrower's rawest and most primal effort. Despite the uncompromisingly rough sound and their Crust and Punk influences still being rather obvious, the characteristics Bolt Thrower would go on to be hailed for, are already represented albeit in rather crude form. 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