Genre: Heavy Metal
Places I remember: Mail order record club, delivered to Wakefield, Nelson, NZ
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Got The Time (still love this MTV video)
Gear costume: Blood
Active compensatory factors: Energy and passion get me every time. Whereas I find the guttural vocals of modern metal frankly laughable rather than scary, and the hyper speed drumming of Slayer off putting, I remain a fan of Anthrax style metal.
Okay, having said that I haven't actually played this album at all in the past 28 years.
So apart from Got The Time ( because time got the time tick tick tickin' in my head is a memorable hook), playing this again in 2018 was like listening to a new album.
Although, having said that, Blood I remember for some reason - maybe an MTV video at the time? Keep It In The Family is familiar as well. I must have listened to this more than I thought back in the (28-years-ago) day.
Apart from those songs though (and Got The Time of course) the album cruises on in much the same way - coulda used some more hooks and some variety I guess but then this is heavy metal after all, right? Don't mess with the formula!
Must mention the cover before I go with its surreal Salvador Dali style. I'll hang onto the album for that alone.
Where do they all belong? Pre-tattooed golden age nineties metal, file alongside Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth.
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