Steel Assassin - From The Vaults (1987)

And the vault is dust laden and musty! Great album cover, reminds me of Judas Priest and as that dense riff overloads the title cut I start to think it's going to be a doom laden record, but soon it spirals into a breakneck metal record. Escolas' vocal attack ensures this is going to be uptempo and fist pumping throughout although there's an almost low-budget feel to it all, but it can also strive to be epic giving it a Maidenesque quality, the highlight being the twin guitar attack. One of those records that would probably have been left in the racks but nowadays one of those records that all collectors would like to own.

6.5/10