CHINAWITE - RUN FOR COVER 1984 MINT MINUS HEAVY METAL HARD ROCK NWOBHM
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DOMESTIC $ 5 PLUS $ 1 EACH INTERNATIONAL $ 21 PLUS $ 7 EACH Chinawite should be compared with melodic/hard rock bands such as Snowblind , Bronz , Young Blood and Praying Mantis. They also stray into NWOBHM territory with bands like Bronz, Quartz, and Llimelight who inject a AOR sound and feeling. What we have here is a band with a similar philosophy, using a grandiose majestic sound. That being very enjoyable on a sunny day with a few cold beers. This band concentrates on 70’s rock inspired vocal harmonized chorus, attempting big AOR hooks, coupled with soothing, smooth guitar melodies and leads. That is when they’re at their best and it’s strong and enjoyable.
Reviewing some tracks like ‘Lookin’ for Action’ is a song title and theme that has been tackled an innumerable number of times by everyone form Iron Maiden, to KISS, to Motley Crue. The soothing, pop-rock feel given to the track theme here has the same polished splend our of KISS, the same sleazy eroticism of Crue, and the downright aggressive nastiness of ‘Prowler’ by Maiden. Other favourites are the strong and slightly more inventive ‘Operator’ and ‘Midnight Café’ both quite badass gh, seeming to have a bit more vigor than some of the others. It features their trademark heavy use of vocal melodies all over the place, which is something I frequently cite that some NWOBHM and heavy metal bands are missing from their sound. This gives them emphasis, power and is absolutely essential for the less metal songs. The band gets their boots dirty in tracks like ‘Fast Lane’, which could be considered a bit more of a typical NWOBHM piece, and kicking a bit of ass with it’s chorus that features another great harmonized vocal section.
Altogether, this can be a quite enjoyable record if you’re in the mood. It’s heavy and nasty, like early Saxon. At times it`s AORish, quite similar to Bronz or Quartz. The band features very frequent uses of 80’s rock vocal hooks, and the lyrics and themes are pretty much taken from that side of things too. There’s no real dark or metal tracks or themes, just examples scattered throughout of quality hard rock. ‘Heartland’ and others are a bit cliché and played out, even at this early date, but several songs are strong. If you like bands like Bronz and Wildfire, you’ll probably dig this. The riffs and great solos are peppered throughout this album. and there’s even some moments when it sounds like they’re going for a Def Leppard sound. It’s good time party music with a NWOBHM bite
sound bite full album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9HN9ZsPkZ0
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