Battle Bratt - s/t (1988)

Here's one for you collectors out there - Battle Bratt's self-titled obscurity is a half-decent metal affair with steely anthems and vocals that range from the high pitched to almost unstable warble. It's another of those records dressed an atrocious sleeve artwork which makes it all the more enchanting. Musically it's straight down the line metal I guess, nothing fancy but sturdy all the same - strangelt rhse guys then disappeared off the face of the earth only to emerge almost two decades later! I'm a fan of Michael Mostert's guitar sound, which adds extra beef to timid power metal numbers such as 'Winds of Change' but Anthony Bonray's vocals can begin to grate after a while. The band certainly aren't afraid to show their subtle side, 'Can't Let Your Love Go' is a token balladic rocker whilst 'Back to Love' has an energetic stomp. This isn't quite hair metal armageddon, the band often too abrasive to be merely pompous pups, and for that I commend them.
6.5/10