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Saturday, December 14, 2019

Album Review: Metal Church - The Dark (1986)

Branching out beyond the traditional 'big four' thrash metal staple of Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer, I'm once more venturing into lesser known metal territory with the album The Dark by Metal Church.  An interesting album, the first half is more or less fillers, and feels somewhat genre-confused at times, although I can't help but notice the demonstrably strong Iron Maiden influence on "Method to Your Madness."  "Start the Fire" is by far the best of side one, with side two picking up the pace and reverting to the thrash metal style that the album is meant to represent.  And it's much better too - "The Dark", "Line of Death", and "Western Alliance" make up the best of side two, and "Psycho" isn't exactly slack, either.  And just as a side note, David Wayne's vocals are most notably reminiscent to an extent to that of Motley Crue's Vince Neil.  All up, it's an OK album that can only get better once things hit the half-way mark.  Would I get it?  Yeah probably.  B+


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