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BY PUSHEAD
IRON MAIDEN
"POWERSLAVE"
CAPITOL RECORDS
Derek Riggs cover rendition of
"Eddie as a pharoah, is well produc
ed, with Iron Maiden providing over
51 minutes of music. Looks like
Maiden's fifth offering "Pow
erslave," will be a titanic success
The music is what makes the Iron
Maiden time bomb tick. Here they
slice it up good with one of their best
releases since the classic, "Killers
from power tunes like "Back in the
Village," "Aces High," and "Flash of
the Blade, which continue the as-
tonishing effects of Murray and
Smith's amazing guitar work, to the
concept piece "Rime of the Ancient
Mariner where it travels to and fro.
entering new arenas of Maiden-
mania. Iron Maiden introduce well-
tuned melodies with thoughtful in-
strumentation, something to spice
up the stylus. Great for the cult and
good for the masses
MERCYFUL FATE
"DON'T BREAK THE OATH"
Music for Nations.
What can be said about Mercyful
Fate? Once again, another great LP
These black metalheads seem to
become twice as explosive after
each release. The tantalizing
medieval guitar leads cry into your
brain when combined with the ex-
tremely intense rhythms of the in-
struments, and King Diamond's
vocals whooa this human is more
than a vocalist his voice ranges
from a groaning moan to an incred
ble soprano pitch (equal almost to
the high guitar solos) where he sings
seemingly effortlessly with utter per-
fection. None of that generic whining
here.
Mercyful Fate are quickly becom-
ing a legend in this new metal king-
dom as they rightfully should be
The style is unmatched by anything
that has ever existed. Smooth, per
fect purity, and high intensity is the
sum of this band. Don't Break the
Oath will send shivers through your
warm bones and work your tonsils
over as you ecstatically scream
along. (Strap yourself down, if you
plan to listen to this with some vol
ume) "Come to the Sabbath will bit
a chunk out of your soul and leave
you stunned, eagerly hoping for
more. As with most Mercyful Fate
songs it begins by conjuring up your
awareness with a shock, then devel
ops into a good half dozen little di
verse riffs, expertly combined into a
totally insane and original work of
art. Live, Mercyful Fate sound practi
cally identical to their recorded ma-
terial, with maybe twice the intensity
"Don't Break the Oath belongs in a
class all by itself, it cries to be much
more than simply heavy metal, but a
new and better genre of its own
OMEN
"BATTLE CRY
METAL BLADE RECORDS
OMEN. & Southern California
metal powerhouse, cry out with wild
progression in a very Maidenish
manner. Hollow tomming drums
strike up the beat as explosive guitar
work flashes the stylings of Axemen
Kimball and Powell, the strings flow
a fluent rhythm of whining chord
changes and twanging melodies.
Echoing vocal shrills spark up the
over all pace with good high and low
notes. Ten metalic tracks, common
in the British invasion with some up-
swing and vigor and enjoyable slice
for this debut by OMEN
TOKYO BLADE
"NIGHT OF THE BLADE
COMBAT RECORDS
Screaming guitar leads, with a
strong bassy song is the nucleus of
Tokyo Blade. Highly melodic vocals
with lots of harmonious backing
rhythms brings each piece into a po-
tent pop metal arrangement No-
thing awe-striking about Tokyo
Blade, just straight forward music,
sometimes t rocky. sometimes
heavy, still with an energetic flavor
that combines many different styl
ings of metal ingenuity. This band is
slated for stadium festivals, so
watch Tokyo Blade nurture into
another possible band like Def
Leppard, Iron Maiden or Judas
Priest. A well produced effort
METALLICA
"RIDE THE LIGHTNING"
Music for Nations.
Metallica once again deliver a
chaotic vinyl outting, ripping to
shreds the decibels with energetic
power and rapid speed. Here, their
2nd album, Metallica storm into a
wider range of excitement starting
with the invincible Fight Fire With
Fire," which runs amok in quick
basets of hectic energy, burning a
ferocious path of crazed guitar licks
and fast drum slashes, which is
enough to ignite the senses in brain-
mashing furor. Then into frying bolts
of metal screamsensations comes.
"Ride the Lightning," "For Whom the
Bell Tolls," Trapped Under Ice, and
the mean power number "Creeping
Death with Kirk Hammet and
James Hetfield notorious guitar
chantings cranked down in a full
force assault Metallica are poten-
tially the best new metal act around,
putting a new sense of heavy into
the term. With the power of Ham-
met's guitar, Burton's dooming bass
plucks, Lans Ulrich's drum madness
and the rigorous vocals of James
Hetfield, this band will walk strong
with their creative vigorous ap
proach this is Metallibanger-mania!!
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record collection
SAM HAIN
INITIUM
PLAN 9 Records
TITLE: SAM HAIN (Pagan festival of
the dead, known to us as Hallo-
ween...)
Introduction: Glen Danzig, musi-
cal main-man of those macabre
maniacs The Misfits, who grouped
together some members of Rosem-
ary's Babies, mourning noise and
temporarily used the aid of Minor
Threat's Lyle Presslar to form a
haunting voyage into the cemetary
air, howling with evil delight.
Vinyl: "Initium," the ten song
debut that creeps with spooky
rhythms and uptempo sing alongs
Fantastic! Glenn's crooning is the
dreamy forefront which stalks with
hynotic enticement as he moves in
and out of the music like a spirit in a
spook house. Each piece swarms
over the body with electrical
charges, raising the hairs and bug-
ging out the eyes, but like in a tr-
ance, the desire to hear it again as
those booming doom drums pace
the beat for rising corpses. Excite-
ment
in alluring
abounds
tracks... "All murder, all guts, all fun
and "He who cannot be named,"
baring semblance to the Misfits. The
fear continues with shuddering dark-
ness in horror laden numbers... (the
decomposition moans of) Ar
changel, Black Dream, The How!
and The Shift. Sam Hain provide a
cauldron of gothic melodies that will
awaken zombies from their dirt co-
vered dungeons. Exhilirating and
outrageous, Sam Hain add a cross
section of enchantment into the
frightful mind.
Cover: Eerie, Glenn and Steve,
blood splattered in gorehoundish
delight. Nice back cover illustration
by Danzig, four aces and the death
card by the mistress of the dead.
Rise Sam Hain, the coming has
begun.
MUTTI'S MUNTERE MELODEI
ENERGIE FOR ALLE RECORDS
Yet another double-O, cool re-
lease from the continent features
German bands in an all-out thrash
attack. Porno Patrol, Toxo-plasma,
The Rest, Beton Combo and T.B.C.
slam the beat home in both English
and German in multi-speeded
chunks of blazing punk rock.
All of these bands have a rawness
which makes them look like they've
been doing this for only a few
months. I mean the tracks exhibit
the wild style of 1978-1980 pink in
the U.S. and end up sounding cool
and trashy
Beton Combo is the best on this
record. They sound like an early Stiff
Little Fingers with a growling singer
and tight guitars and rhythm section.
Ich Liebe Dich is a smoker which
you can sing (hum?) along to.
Another cool band on here is To-
xoplasma, who already have an
album out. I think these tracks ap-
pear on their LP., but don't quote
me on that... Toxoplasma rip out
songs reminiscent of LA's Youth
Brigade. Bunker Party and Nock
Mehr Orden are the ones to look for.
Mutti's Muntere Melodel is worth
scouring the import bins for.
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