Formed in 1984, Messiah helped to shape the sound of early thrash and death metal, but they did so in their own, twisted way. "Extreme Cold Weather" was Messiah's second album, released in 1987 on the now-defunct label Chainsaw Murder.Messiah played a very unique and very extreme blend of early thrash/death: brutal and raw, unpolished, and never out to copy anyone. The songs are as much in-your-face as they are well thought out, again combining cutting thrash attacks, atmospheric melody parts and Messiah's typical interludes and sound effects, all tied together by the album's overall atmosphere that constantly shifts between eerie and slightly comical, thanks to the bizarre and sometimes funny lyrics and of course the most imaginative cover picture in metal history. "Extreme Cold Weather" is definitely one of the most unique outputs one can find from that time. "Extreme Cold Weather" combined both new and older material, the latter recorded in live situations.