Afaik this was pretty much an unknown release up until the very early 10's when a number of copies started appearing on the market ...to little fanfare I might add, since the band made the unfortunate career choice of being Belgians. Had they chosen a more collectable origin, say the USA, the UK or even Sweden, this EP would have remained a legendary, ridiculously overpriced top rarity to this day regardless of its actual qualities and we'd all have heard about the mysterious... Ammonia, I think it means.
I mean, it does look pretty effin' ultra-obscüre, doesn't it? Kinda like a mix between
Liquid Earth,
Double Deuce and
Militia, right...?
See how I'm stalling here? The problem is I feel a bit in over my head trying to review a release like this. I'm positive there are a number of fancy mid-to-late 70's Hard Rock acts that has served as archetypes for the creation of both these tracks and so my ignorance shines through way too much for comfort (help me Graham!). Basically what we get are 2 very long Hard Rock numbers - not Prog, as you'd expect from 8 and 6 min playing times, and certainly not the blues/boogie-flavoured kind either. This rocks and it rocks good and they do wield a very formidable weapon in their guitar harmonies, especially in the superior B-side "Noire Lumiere", which in turn lends some vaguely metallic vibes to their sound. Sure there is a bit of an amateur streak present but not even close to what we could occationally hear from some of their heavier Belgian contemporaries. Well worth a listen, would be my one-line review.
The final piece of interesting trivia about this band is that a year or 2 after this release they morphed into what I consider to be one of Europe's greatest hidden secrets in demo-Metal: The simply amazing LIGHNING FIRE!
Do not let those somewhat rugged live cuts off the
Metal Race-compilation fool you - this band churned out some utterly intense shit while in the studio and I could rave about them for hours, but that's what we have the
forum for...