This CD reissue combines Helios Creed’s first two solo LPs after his departure from the semi-legendary group Chrome and the hegemony the late Damon Edge had wielded as the group’s chief sound architect. While Edge went on to make a few more Chrome albums in the mid 80s, Helios Creed was busy fashioning a reputation as one of avant-rock’s supreme axe murderers. Though neither X-Rated Fairy Tales nor Superior Catholic Finger are quite as good as Kiss to the Brain or Lactating Purple, both of these are worthwhile “spaced-punk” nuclear meltdowns in a pretty nice package by Cleopatra. There are a few standout tracks on each CD. “Monster Lust,” “The Descent,” and “Sex Voodoo Venus” are classic H. Creed–blistering guitar swathed in an array of mechanized drumbeats, twisted samples, and icy cold synthesizers. If you’re a Chrome dome (i.e., an original Chrome fan from the late 70s) or a Creed fanatic, this is an essential package.