Black Lace - Unlaced (1984)

Great band photo, and a bloody good record to go with it, even if the vocals of Maryann Scandiffio are slightly off key and lost in the mix. Even so, at times this is a pretty standard, middle of the road metal album that is relatively poor in production but still rises above mediocrity at times. 'Runner In The Night' plods along, quite hapily at being an average metal track, the guitars of Carlo Fragnito could do with an extra bit of volume, but it's still sturdy stuff. The brilliantly titled 'March Of The Black Witch' is an eerie introduction to all things spooky, leading us into rattling 'Call Of The Wild' in which Maryann comes into her own with those banshee wails. This is easily as fiery as Hellion, so I'd recommend this to anyone who likes female vocals in metal but ballsy ones at that. 7/10