Black Task - Long After Midnight (1986)

This is one of the amateur sounding metal bands who have all the dark atmosphere's and cauldron stirring to somehow mask their inadequacy. It's another lost gem of a record that features almost a lordly style of vocal chant, above the weird effects and cosmis guitarsd which, a times border on thrash ('The Terminal Frost'), whilst on other occasions it's standard metal that has occasion to flair, 'Set To Explode' has all the dramatics of a pub band. This is all very basement desite some nice razor riffs, but the vocals do kind of ruin it, because whilst they attempt to spout as warrior chants, they seem out of time with the music, but speaking of the music, there really are a few strange experimentations here, such as whizzing keyboards and a few spaced out effects which make for an interesting listen. Terrible album cover. 5/10