KIM SIXX
Warrior/Bang
Your Head
Line-up:
Kim "Power Baby" Sixx (voc), Hans
D. Olsen (git), Jens Michelsen (git), Lars Laursen (bs), Ulrik
Steiner (dr)
no line-up info on the sleave, info taken from
rockdoc.dk
format: 7"
year: 1985
country:
Denmark
label:
Genlyd
#:
GENS 1022
info:
No insert.
style: Heavy Metal
Side A:
- Warrior
Side B:
- Bang Your Head
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Not
only did Denmark spawn the greatest metal LP of all time ("Don't Break
The Oath"), the overall quality of the few bands that came out of this
tiny little country in the '80's were the highest in Scandinavia, and
Denmark was surely one of the most interesting Metal-countries in Europe
together with Italy and the UK. But unlike Sweden for instance, the 7"-media
doesn't seem to have struck it big time with the Danes. There are only
4 "real", Danish indie Metal 7"s known and all of them are rare as hell,
the pricey and much coveted WITCH CROSS 7" incidentally being the most
common. KIM SIXX I have only seen offered once or twice. I don't know
if I would rate Kim "Power Baby" Sixx and her cohorts the best underground
Metal band of the country, but this EP is still a highly recommended piece
of early Scandinavian Metal with good production and musicianship, as
well as some really impressive female vocals, which at least light a fire
in the heart of this particular metalhead. Further "buy me!"-vibes comes
from the neat spiky logo (Axe - yeah! Pentagram - huzzah!) and the stern
don't-you-fucking-fuck-with-me-fucker! expression of the leather-clad
'Power Baby' on the front that would put my old high-school German-teacher
to shame. Kim baby, you can whip me any time:*
"Bang Your Head" is the energetic Power Metal highlight of the 2 cuts,
a real speeding fire engine of a song with the same fist-in-your-face
punch as PRETTY MAIDS' classic front-row-filler "Back To Back". The mid-paced
"Warrior" is more basic, NWOBHMy material in the style of RAVEN/GRIM REAPER
with a good enough chorus. I only wish the flawed English in the line
"Warrior with a horse!" wouldn't project such repulsive
images in my sick, sick mind.
I heard rumours of a reissue LP of this 7" + demo material a few years
ago, but haven't heard any news on that subject for quite some time now,
so perhaps this project has been passed to the trash-bin. I hope not,
coz these two tracks leaves me hungry for more and I don't think I'll
ever be able to muster up the energy to track down their demos myself.