HDH Rock 91 LP 1991 |
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| Label: | Wasteland Music | #: | WLLP-HR-1 | Country: | Germany |
| Info: | The first in a number of compilations and regular band releses on the small, mostly HR/HM-oriented Wasteland Music label, though I believe the only one in vinyl format. While stupid rare, 2 sleeve variations does exist: the black/white one depicted here, as well as a black/white/pink version. Occationally seen listed as "Der Heidenheimer Rock Sampler". | ||||
CONTENT
bold = exclusive track / normal = non-exclusive track / = non-metal
Tracklist side A:
Fem-fronted Hard Rock with some 70's organs added for extra spice. Kinda reminds me of fellow Germans Jingo De Lunch, minus the JdL punky bits.
With the silly name I expected some sort of punk, but it's pretty straight-forward Hard Rock w/ German vocals, leaning heavily towards the classic-rock end of the stick.- BRAINSTORM - Kings, Queens And SIns
Ram It Down/Painkiller-era Judas Priest riffing and vocals with a Helloween/Gamma Ray-type chorus. Great stuff, but the band declined into more typical 90's power metal on their following twelve(!) albums. - NIGHTMARE - The Immortals
Sounds like the instrumental 'rock-style' stock-music you'd hear in the background to the video-collage from a city council, promoting their new mall. Dear Discogs: can we add "Infomercial-Metal" as a new genre? - SCREAMING - Screaming
"Talking" doesn't have the same edge to it, but it would be a more fitting noun to this otherwise more than solid Powermetaller, musically very similar to their Brainstorm mates above. The vocals aren't horrendous, but way too lifeless for this brand of Steel.
Tracklist side B:
Here their silly monicker makes a lot more sense. Novelty tango-rock.- SCREAMING - Dangerous Eyes
Here he's singing about being anxious, and it all makes a lot more sense now. Not bad generic heavy-yet-melodic Metal but the more bleak B-side to the previous track for sure. - AMNYSHA - Urchin And Tyke
Well hellooo there! What a brilliant, twisted lead riff! A little gem of highly original HM with some ingenious twists & turns, sounding like a more fluid AWOL. Amnysha were apparently the band of the label owners themselves and returned on next year's volume in a more generic melo-HR form, there as Amnesha. - NIGHTMARE - Believe In Yourself
Less of a droning muzak-vibe to this tune, slightly lighter of the weight, but with some percentages of HM-riffage still left about. - BRAINSTORM - Law
VERY 80's US Metal, pounding along in a steady Ion Britton/Thatcher/Sanctuary-pace. Great ending to this ups & downs ride of a comp..
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