BATTLEAXE "Burn This Town" LP NWOBHM AD/DC Motorhead Tokyo Blade Grim Reaper OOP
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Starting the sale of a private METAL COLLECTION. Over the next TEN WEEKS I will be selling 40 records per week (about) so come on back! ALL genres of metal--private pressings, rare Death, Traditional, Thrash, NWOBHM, Black, EVERYTHING.
SHIPPING: Domestic only, no International shipping! Repeat: NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. only US DOmestic. $5 will get you up to THREE records at no extra cost (Double lp's count as TWO). So bid on one, bid on THREE. Shipping includes a PRO MAILER with cardboard backing and a TRACKING NUMBER. I am an old collector, I know how to pack and ship!
Music for nations Pressing of BATTLEAXE's 1st LP "BURN THIS TOWN" Fantastic lp everything is vg++. Serious dirty rocker this. NWOBHM in the style of Tokyo Blade meets Grim Reaper!!
These guys had a very clear idea about the kind of music they wanted to play, and they certainly stuck to their guns. Or rather, their battle axe.
Battleaxe are one of those bands whose songs just scream "80's" at every note. This shows clearly on their debut album, Burn This Town, which sports a good number of fast, catchy riffs, reminiscent of the early Saxon albums, rasping hard rock vocals and some truly excellent drum lines, all evenly distributed over ten tracks. One of the strongest points of this album is probably the fact that it never ceases to be interesting throughout its length, in spite of there being very little variation between each song: the relatively short average track length (roughly 3:30) and a finely balanced mix of heaviness and upbeat atmosphere more than make up for the lack of change in mood, tempo and attitude. The production is remarkable considering the year of release: every instrument is easily identifiable, and the guitar somehow manages to never overpower the vocals. Sadly, the dynamics are quite predictable (no noticeable volume changes throughout the whole album), but this album having been released by a newborn label (Music For Nations), we expect the budget available to have been quite limited.
The main problem with this release is probably the same "problem" (though a fan would likely class it as a "characteristic" or even a quality, rather than a flaw) that has been one of the trademarks for such Rock/Metal monsters as AC/DC and Motorhead: they never allowed themselves to get sidetracked a little, simply plunging straight down their set path into a steaming cauldron of red hot Heavy Metal. This results in a predictability which may tire a casual listener or someone who is not fond of their type of sound.
In conclusion, Burn This Town did not add anything new to the already fluorishing 80's metal scene, but it definately succeeded at offering an excellent specimen of pure, untamed Heavy Metal, that is sure to delight the ears of any fan of the 80's british Metal scene.
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