Friday 8 November 2013

Steelover - Glove Me (1985)

Okay so the album title is rather...er...uncomfortable but if you fancy a shot of female-fronted Polish metal then this obscurity has just got to me for you. Steelover may not have had the money to employ a decent cover artist, but they more than make up for this with their hot, driving heavy rock which comes spitting out of the traps with the rowdy 'Forever' and then rarely lets up the pace. It's an oily ten-track affair including a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Hey Tonight' but the pop-tinged grunts of 'Give It Up' (which somehow has elements of Kiss's 'Lick It Up') really get their rusty hooks in. It's a meaty affair, mainly in the vocal department which are relatively gritty over those hooky guitars. Quite a rarity this one, but it's worth getting hold of.
7/10

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