Monday, September 16, 2013
This is one of the great early 80's metal albums that few heard. The album features the excellent gritty work of Ronnie Kayfield on guitar who brings to life songs "Love Loaded", "Night of the Wolf" and "Women in Chains". The album is heavier than the usual UFO fare but retains sufficient melodic backdrops to Fin's (vocalist) screams. This is an epic hybrid album that moved the melodic metal sound pioneered by UFO (then stolen and trashed by Def Leppard) in a gutsier direction. Many Waysted fans prefer the Paul Chapman work (who I acknowledge did some of the best UFO work and had some good chops on the later Waysted albums) but this album is one of those hard to find gems from an era that many only recall for bad hair, parachute pants and awful music. But those early 80's metal pioneers may remember this.
