Crystal Zone (Hong Kong) - 1989 - Crystal Zone (Merged)

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:52 pm

New link (mckagan's reup): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TRJ6R2S3

So far the best chinese stuff i've heard along with Tang Dynasty.
This heavy metal band from Hong Kong was formed by Silvester See who was in couple of films and did other music stuff too I think.

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:58 pm

Great album !

A question was it released under the name CRYSTAL ZONE or SILVESTER SEE ?
Because, it's sometimes mentionned that SILVESTER SEE is the recording artist and "Crystal Zone" the title of the album ...

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:02 pm

omen of hate wrote:Great album !

A question was it released under the name CRYSTAL ZONE or SILVESTER SEE ?
Because, it's sometimes mentionned that SILVESTER SEE is the recording artist and "Crystal Zone" the title of the album ...

Yeah I know.. It's kinda confusing because some chinese metal/hardrock historians see Silvester See as their hero and everything he makes must be under his own name.

"Silvester See formed his first and only Band in 1986 Named "CRYSTAL ZONE" ." based on that line I think the band is really just Crystal Zone but don't beat me if I'm wrong.

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:38 pm

Chinese heavy metal

Never heard it, thanks for sharing

solar eagle · Post by **solar eagle** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:28 pm

It's a pity Megaupload doesn't work in Greece...

Derrick Metaliszta · Post by **Derrick Metaliszta** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:43 pm

Yes definetely a classic of Chinese metal

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:44 pm

interesting album, I think this will take a bit of time to get my head around it, a weird mix of ballad/melodic hard rock/metal with fuzz guitar which is unusual. good production too.

solar eagle · Post by **solar eagle** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:49 pm

Any other suggestions of old Chinese metal,like CRYSTAL ZONE?

Mr Nuke · Post by **Mr Nuke** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:43 pm

Thanks a lot!!!! I'll download it as soon as possible!

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:02 pm

solar eagle wrote:Any other suggestions of old Chinese metal,like CRYSTAL ZONE?

I don't know any good metal bands from China except Crystal Zone and a band called TANG DYNASTY which plays classic hard rock/heavy metal with slight prog-rock touch and the singer use some vocal techniques influenced by traditional beijing opera.

sabbat666 · Post by **sabbat666** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:11 am

Beyond were a pretty good hard rock band from Hong Kong. who also had some good shredding solos.

i went to China a few years ago and met this really cool guy who owned a metal shop. i went there a few nights to drink beer with him and play tekken. we talked a lot about metal and he said there isnt too many older chinese metal bands. but since the mid 90s there are a lot of grindcore and death metal bands. there were only 2 thrash metal bands he is aware of. both never recorded past a few demos and one of em was his band.

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:04 pm

sabbat666 wrote:Beyond were a pretty good hard rock band from Hong Kong. who also had some good shredding solos.

i went to China a few years ago and met this really cool guy who owned a metal shop. i went there a few nights to drink beer with him and play tekken. we talked a lot about metal and he said there isnt too many older chinese metal bands. but since the mid 90s there are a lot of grindcore and death metal bands. there were only 2 thrash metal bands he is aware of. both never recorded past a few demos and one of em was his band.

Yeah I know about the chinese grind and death scene but I never got so interested about those bands. Maybe I'm missing some good stuff then, I don't know.

There's also Black Panther which claims to be the first Heavy/Hard Rock band in China but I haven't heard their stuff.

otakon · Post by **otakon** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:10 pm

ergh i always hated Beyond... the Crystal Zone is ok though! Last chinese band i heard is Perditism... pretty boring black thrash. Chinese people are generally deadbeats when it comes to metal, always into HK pop and gay techno disco shit. i'm chinese btw hah

Derrick Metaliszta · Post by **Derrick Metaliszta** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:31 pm

Hei Bao (Black panther) was very good, but they played 80s style hard rock, which I don't think many here would like. Anyways here's the video from their most famous song "Wu di zhi rong":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1YUfRoGFLw

Chao Zai (Overload) is another one of the few and legendary metal acts, they were good but later became a super gay pop band!

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:45 pm

Derrick Metaliszta wrote:Hei Bao (Black panther) was very good, but they played 80s style hard rock, which I don't think many here would like. Anyways here's the video from their most famous song "Wu di zhi rong":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1YUfRoGFLw

That Black Panther song didnt sound too bad. Generic maybe but I have a thing for asian 80s hard rock.

Derrick Metaliszta wrote: Chao Zai (Overload) is another one of the few and legendary metal acts, they were good but later became a super gay pop band!

what kind of metal Chao Zai played?

otakon wrote:ergh i always hated Beyond... the Crystal Zone is ok though! Last chinese band i heard is Perditism... pretty boring black thrash. Chinese people are generally deadbeats when it comes to metal, always into HK pop and gay techno disco shit. i'm chinese btw hah

I confess that I also have a thing for HK pop

(70's - early 90's mostly. I blame triad-flicks)