Nowhere near as good as the previous Abbott-Brothers band. In fact, it sounds like a bad tribute act. Mind, it's Triggcoringly meat-headed enough to make it to my gym playlist. 3 Fists

Skinny Puppy Bites

Candlemass : Tales of creation.

Heavy Pettin' - "Lettin' Loose" (1983)

The debut album from this Scottish NWOBHM outfit. To be honest this is closer to glam metal than anything else but it definitely has some traditional hard rock & heavy metal about it too. I'd suggest that Motley Crue & Def Leppard are the best reference points with the couple of legitimate heavy metal tracks pushing out into Saxon territory. There's nothing too horrible here despite the poppy feel. The band can certainly play & they have a decent enough front man. Out of interest, Queen's Brian May actually produced the record. I think it's worth a listen if only for the 3 or 4 the highlight tracks.

3.5/5

Do you prefer the original or the re-recording from 1997/98?


N.P SIGH Heir To Despair

I remember the re-recordings being less raw and more cleaned up, but I don't recall those having much impact on me, just like the original isn't doing much to me.

NP:

Portrait - Burn The World

I haven't listened to that album in such a long time. I used to have it too. Alastis peaked with ....And Death Smiled and The Other Side. Revenge sounded too much like a b grade Samael to me and Unity was hit and miss. They were a decent band, but they weren't quite good enough to really take off.


N.P J MASCIS new

The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep