This change saw them leave Clay Records to sign with Rot Records and release the decidedly metal-tinged To the Ends of the Earth EP in September 1984. The metal leanings increased with Forward into Battle . English Dogs, culminating with the Metalmorphosis 12-inch and Where Legend Began album through Under One Flag in 1986. In Spring of that year, the Dogs toured the US to sold-out shows on both the East and West coast. Upon their return to the UK, Jon Murray left the band. The group appeared on the Shades promoted thrash bill at Camden’s Electric Ballroom with Possessed and Voivod later in 1986. Pinch also left the band around Winter ’86. The band carried on with Adie, Gizz and Wattie playing with other musicians until calling it a day late that year.
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