Acid Reign is a seminal English thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, part of the 'Big Four' of British thrash with Sabbat, Onslaught, Xentrix. Blends intense thrash with humour. Released The Fear (1989), Obnoxious (1990), split 1991, reformed 2015 with vocalist Howard 'H' Smith.