Brilliant, in a true metal way. The opening clatterings sound like something from the blackest Venom drones, and thankfully, as the superb 'Lightning Strikes Twice' gets going, the band deliver the goods. Strong rhythms, crashing drums, a galloping melody and superb vocals from the pit, this is pure driving, fiery rock dressed in a great album cover. If I'd heard this at such a tender age I would surely have sacrificed my parents to the undergod and gone and lived in the woods, wow, just check those lyrics, check the anthems, played for real behind the smokescreen, and I never expected such a load to pile from the speakers. Nine tracks, all uptempo rockers with weight, and rather oddly the opening riffs to 'Last Chance Tonight' are almost a sleazy glam-rock strut, if Kiss had dreamt of such hammerings then they'd be deserving of their stadium status, whilst bands such as Lady Killer loiter forever in the domain of the lost...this is their resurrection. Rise!
7.5/10
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