As a thirteen year old metal fan wanting to be in a band, Halloween would have been the type of sound I'd have come up with, because that's what this act sound like. Imagine a group of teenagers, hungry for the Devil, fuelled by the fire, wanton to purge and pillage their local village, maybe Halloween would be the product of such dark dreams. Terrible album cover, but you can feel the heat of the fire within from this Detroit band. Good quality heavy metal, 'Busted' goes straight for the genitals, all guns blazing, and this doesn't let up for the duration of the eleven cuts. The great thing with Halloween is that they live up to the expectation of being an image based metal act. Legend has built strong over their underground stage shows, and lyrically the horror content is backed by some great music. It's nothing out of the ordinary, just sold rock. 'Trick Or Treat' conjures images of leafy suburbs and kids adorned in ghostly vestments, and the riffs which scuttle at a hefty pace paint the pictures metallers want to see.
I'm sure such an album would have been lapped up by the innocents and condemned by the critics, the title cut, complete with backwards message seems to be a warning NOT to mess with the Devil, but like Crue's 'Shout At The Devil' it would no doubt have been misinterpreted as more black witchery, from a band who probably just set out to have fun. The track actually remains a underground metal classic.
I always used to think that German techno-thrashers Helloween were called Hallowen and was always disappointed by their lack of ominous imagery, but with Halloween, you'll be reaching for the dvd player and putting on 'Trick Or Treat' after this. Good stuff...
7/10
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