It
starts out fine. After the curious intro/"titletrack" the up-tempo
Metalrocker "Juz Nie Z Toba" impress with a catchy, melodic
chorus, rather similar to the stuff on their former offering "
Dorosle
Dzieci", albeit a tidbit more mellow. Already on the 2nd track
is where I start to frown though. What kind of throwaway "Melodic
Hard Rock"-crap is this?? And it doesn't stop with "Wybieraj
Sam". "Czy Mnie..." comes with a few more mood-filled parts,
but as a whole it's just LA-metal at it's most boring. "Slowa Pelne
Slow" is a slight improvement. Although a slow and melodic number,
it's heavier and sounds alot more sincere. "Wszystko.." closes
side A ballad-style. It's not half bad, but WHERE IS THE METAL???? Well,
it's certainly not waiting around the corner. If anything, "Jaki
Byt..." at least proves that TURBO has become increasingly better
at writing ballads compared to their last album. With "Caly Czas
Ucza Nas" we finally get something resembling The Music Of
Steee:aaahl(!).
It's a great sing-along tune, a mellow partytrack gone strangely melancholic
and heavier than intended. The kind you only ever get to hear from East-Euro
Metal acts. "Wariacki Taniec" saves the day with more of that
Maidenesque Metallism they do so well when they actually get around at
trying. The good times keep rolling with the closing instrumental epic
"Narodziny Demona" - probably the heaviest and best track so
far. A great ending to a less than great album...
This is definitely the rarest of all TURBO-vinyls, released on the same
mysterious Razem label as the KAT debut LP "666" and it turns
up almost as infrequently as that one, but on the other hand it's also
the least essential of their records (not counting the non-metal debut
"Titanic"). If you enjoy their other 80's material as much as
I do, it's still an interesting piece for your collection, but don't expect
it to be the perfect mix of the Maiden-laden predecessor and the mighty
Power Metallic
follow-up coz it's
nothing of the sort. Even if the back cover clearly states that the record
is dedicated to IRON MAIDEN (!), I can't imagine Steve Harris trembling
with pride over that salutation. There's a bootleg CD with this LP and
"Dorosle Dzieci" which I'm tempted to recommend rather than
this original vinyl. Although far from a total disappointment, this is
by no means the TURBO-release to start with.