Perseo

Very far away from the "Ultra Metal"-sound that had been cooking in the Colombian-, and especially Medellin-scene for a few years you find the odd-men-out PERSEO. From the first roaring powerchords of the powerful opener "Vete" you get struck by how ahead of the pack these guys were as far as musicianship, vocals and production goes. The latter factor actually supersedes most of their more famous countrymen Kraken's releases from around this time and their style and overall sound is also completely different from most traditional, then-active HM bands from the South American continent. Basically, this is US Metal with spanish vocals. Not quite US Power Metal perhaps, but still a really classy form of urbane Steel that should appeal to pretty much any 80's Metal fan. Especially if you enjoy the sort of middle-of-the-road but very solid stuff from bands like RELLIK, ESP, ION BRITTON etc, but want a slightly more budget-friendly-yet-still-kült&obscüre alternative, do give this one a chance.

Need I add that the sleeve is absolutely stellar? I'm positive if this instead had been released as a 12" it would have been quite a reknowned and much coveted international collector's item for appearance alone. Speaking of 12"s, their following release "Eecht Onale Danier" from 1993 is a bit of a hit-n-miss affair with too much mellow Hard Rock-flavour to guarantee a positive review from the Real Metalheads™, and by the 1994 full-lenght "El Contraste" they were forever lost in the 90's alt.hr-jungle...