Mordred je americká kapela zo San Francisca, ktorá od 80. rokov spája thrash metal s funkovými prvkami. Patrila medzi priekopníkov žánru funk metal a vynikla precíznym Bay Area thrash riffingom doplneným o výrazný bas a DJ scratching.
Kompilácia The Noise Years na 3 CD vyšla v roku 2021 u britského vydavateľstva Dissonance Productions. Obsahuje 33 nahrávok mapujúcich dielo kapely, ktoré predstavilo intenzívny thrash metal obohatený o netradičné funkové prvky – vrátane slávneho coveru Super Freak Ricka Jamesa. Sada zachytáva sound, ktorým sa Mordred odlíšili od klasických Bay Area thrash kapiel ako Testament či Forbidden vďaka zapojeniu DJ Aarona Vaughna a výraznému basovému prejavu.
Skladby
CD1
Fool's Game
1 State Of Mind
2 Spectacle Of Fear
3 Every Day's A Holiday
4 Spellbound
5 Sever And Splice
6 The Artist
7 Shatter
8 Reckless Abandon
9 Super Freak
10 Numb
CD2
1 State Of Mind
2 Spectacle Of Fear
3 Every Day's A Holiday
4 Spellbound
5 Sever And Splice
6 The Artist
7 Shatter
8 Reckless Abandon
9 Super Freak
10 Numb
CD2
In This Life
1 In This Life
2 The Strain
3 High Potency
4 Window
5 Esse Quam Videri
6 A Beginning
7 Falling Away
8 Killing Tme
9 Downtown
10 Progress
11 Larger Than Life
1 In This Life
2 The Strain
3 High Potency
4 Window
5 Esse Quam Videri
6 A Beginning
7 Falling Away
8 Killing Tme
9 Downtown
10 Progress
11 Larger Than Life
Bonus Tracks
12 Lion's Den
13 Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
14 Intro/Killing Time (live)
15 Every Day's A Holiday (live)
13 Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
14 Intro/Killing Time (live)
15 Every Day's A Holiday (live)
CD3
The Next Room
1 Lo-Cal. Hi-Fiber
2 Skid
3 Crash
4 Splinter Down
5 Shut
6 Pauper's Wine
7 Acrophobia
8 Murray The Mover
9 In A Turn
10 The Trellis
11 The Next Room Over
12 Rubber Crutch
2 Skid
3 Crash
4 Splinter Down
5 Shut
6 Pauper's Wine
7 Acrophobia
8 Murray The Mover
9 In A Turn
10 The Trellis
11 The Next Room Over
12 Rubber Crutch
Bonus Tracks taken from the 'Vision' EP
13 In Time
14 West Country Hospital
15 The Vagrant
16 Reach
17 Close Minded
18 Vision
14 West Country Hospital
15 The Vagrant
16 Reach
17 Close Minded
18 Vision
