Friday, 19 July 2013

Leader - Out In The Wasteland (1988)

Extremely obscure Dutch speed metal with slightly dodgy vocals yet an endless low-budget charm. The only release by these guys, it hurtles by in a flash, but sadly despite the whizzing guitars the vocals are distinctly lacking, often out of tune, giving the album a strange live garage feel. Even so, I'm somehow able to look past the inadequacies and hear a glistening record that is fuelled by those vicious guitars which come courtesy of Oscar Carre and Richard de Jonge. 'Ride the Wind,' 'Shoot to Kill' et al are all ferocious lumps of molten metal played at quite a speed too, so those of you who like a rusty mix of early #80s thrash and N.W.O.B.H.M. should dig into this.
6.5/10

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