Chariot - Burning Ambition (1986)

Chariot are a British metal band whose opus 'Burning Ambition' was released via the Shades Records label. Shades was a fantastic heavy metal shop situated close to Charing Cross station which, tragically closed down after many great years. Chariot live up to the reputation of the record shop with this fiery assault on the senses, it's pretty much straight for the throat metal - nothing overtly evil about it, just good old fashioned driving metal featuring Pete Franklin's hearty vocal and some white hot riffs. This is a nice little record featuring several solid rockers in the form of 'Meet My Match,' 'Play To Win,' 'Screams In The Night' and 'Strangers.' Again, nothing thrilling here but from the dark corner of the cover photo to the dense riffs, this is a very underrated dose of UK metal that still sounds good today. Quite weighty in parts, 'Burning Ambition' is the sort of album you wouldn't expect much from but you may be surprised.
7/10