Original Sin - Sin Will Find You Out (1986)

Okay, let's be clear about this - the all female group that is Original Sin (one of a handful of bands with the name) have got to be one of metal's finest all female bands. Seriously. This is bone-crumbling thrash metal that takes us right back to the heart of the fiery '80s, a record so powerful, speeding and wailing that I'm inclined to buy a cauldron and melt all my other female-fronted metal albums. Imagine the darkest corners of '80s metal, think Slayer at their most evil, a time when inverted crosses were all the rage. Don't be put off by that hair metal cover - this is blood-drenched female metal that even has the likes of Phantom Blue and Meanstreak running for their lives. Danielle Draconis is one ballsy female rocker who comes complete with true warrior pipes and Cynthia Taylors are utterly demonic. I once heard that the guy from Virgin Steel wrote the songs (although I've also heard that much of this album was constructed by those involved with Exorcist's 'Nightmare Theatre'), even so, this is a truly blazing record perfect for sinister nights in a darkened room, just check out the truly hellish opener 'Conjuration of the Watcher', the devilish 'Succubus' featuring some superb drumming courtesy of the wonderfully named Darlene Destructo. I'm transported back to the halcyon days when metal was dangerous, satanic and daubed in red light. The glorious chain-rattler 'Bitches From Hill' pretty much sums up these gals, and I'm still wondering why it was dressed in such a misleading cover because 'Sin Will Find You Out' is 100% hot-blooded heavy metal, a truly fantastic head-banging experience, even if it's all meant to be nothing more than a fake band.
8.5/10