Hey, it may be a tad tuneless at times but Messiah Force made the mid '80s an extremely entertaining place to be; 'The Last Day' being a wild slab of power metal boosted by the flailing vocal traits of loose cannon Lynn Renaud whose metallion style of breast-pounding was wonderfully complemented by the twin guitar rage of Jean Tremblay and Bastien Deschenes, the overall result being a speed metal fireball to the scrotum built upon the foundations of galloping percussion courtesy of Jean-Francois Boucher and some truly mesmerising songs such as 'Call From The Night' with its ominous intro. Imagine Warlock at their most devilish and 'The Last Day' will no doubt be the sort of '80s metal quest we'd all be privileged to partake in; because in spite of its flaws this is a superb record marrying traditional metal with dense, power and thrash metal.
8/10
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