American Made Concerts Presents Betrayel Fresno, CA's BETRAYEL formed in 1985, influenced by the burgeoning sounds of Metallica, Exodus, and Slayer. The quartet quickly announced their primal thrash metal fury by opening their debut demo—1986's Helpless Souls—with a bold mission statement: "Attention posers: prepare to die!" A second demo, Death Shall Overcome, soon followed; as did appearances on classic compilations such as Godly Records' Raging Death and Metal Blade's Metal Massacre Ten—the band respectfully maintaining their singular focus on intense, raging thrash all the while.