Now this takes me way back..it was 1988, I was flicking through one of the metal magazines, probably Metal Hammer and came across this gem but never managed to track it down. Loved the cover, and heard that it was reissued with an equally mystical sleeve, and thankfully the music has stood the test of time. The vocals are at times a little high-pitched but the musicianship smokes as tales of sword and sorcery prevail, to create a blistering soundscape of metal. Deadly Blessing have often been described as power-metal, but they were certainly short-lived and would have been better suited to a few years previous, the titles are wonderfully predictable, 'Escape The Wrath', 'Deliver Us From Evil' blah blah, but this is pretty heavy and sharp stuff and I've heard that they still play gigs nowadays. Fair play to them, don't let this once fade into obscurity because it has dwelt there for too long...
7/10
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