There are a few bands with this name, and confusingly more than one from Germany. These guys formed in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, and released two albums ‘In Your Back’ (1985) and ‘Molten Metal’ (1987) and then nothing was heard from them until 2005 when Karthago released the two albums on CD as a single set called ‘Molten Metal in Your Back’. I don’t know if the band had already reformed at this point, or if it was due to the album coming out that they thought they should give it another try, but singer Ralf Scholz and guitarist Thomas Müller (who now provides all guitars and bass, as well as some vocals) from the original quintet have got together with drummer Frank Booth and recorded a new album.
Mind you, when I say ‘new’, it is as if the last 25 years haven’t happened and these guys have just kept on going as they were back in the Eighties. If this was played to someone who didn’t know about the band, they would surmise that this is probably from the late Eighties, but remastered as the production is cleaner than one would expect from a straight album from that period. Metal Church are an obvious influence, as are Accept, and the result is something that is passable while not really setting the world alight. It is a solid album, which does just what it says on the tin. This is pure unadulterated traditional heavy metal, with vocals that are okay without being wonderful, much like many of the NOWBHM bands, and riffs that again are solid without being spectacular.
