Wednesday 24 April 2013

Killer - Ready For Hell (1979)

Storming metal for it's time - cool cover too. Fans of Juas Priest and the like will find muhc to savout here in the blitzkerieg bops of 'I Know' with it's frenzied guitar, whilst 'It's Too Late' (a slower, moodier number) and the rip-roaring sneer of 'Killer' get me every time. Ultra-cool late '70s metal before metal was really cool - interesting to note also that there are two vocal attacks here, one from guitarist Paul van Camp and the other, more oily from bassist Spooky. Strangely compelling in its Kiss-meets-Motorhead rusty buzz. 35 minutes of hard rocking.
7/10

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