Victory - Culture Killed The Native (1989)

What an incredible heavy metal album this is. I was never a big fan of Victory all those years ago simply because I was swamped with vinyl of many colours and never gave the band the time. Even so, decades after release 'Culture Killed The Native' is a hard rockin' debut featuring killer cuts such as 'Standing On The Edge Of Time' and the formidable 'The Warning.' Fernando Garcia has a superb power metal style vocal, and backed with the killer guitars of Herman Frank and Tommy Newton this is an album that does no wrong. 'Let It Rock On' is pure heavy metal thunder, an underrated anthem featuring Fritz Randow's consistent heartbeat thud. Victory are a criminally underrated metal act and I apologise guys for leaving the appreciation so late. 8/10