Wasted - Halloween... The Night Of (1984)
While the Danish trouble-makers of
Wasted only officially released one album (that would be the one
we're covering today), they had a second one mostly finished before
the band disintegrated. Both of the albums are getting put back out
thanks to the efforts of Denomination Records, so we thought they deserved some
coverage under our 'rare reissues' policy.
What should you expect? Mid-'80s heavy
metal tempered with doom and buzzed up with some light death thrash,
guitars just looking for opportunities to shred, vocals that soar and
roar along with the chords, and strong head-banging anthems. You
know, the territory that plenty of modern bands have been working so
hard to recreate, but in its original state. There's the early establishment of energy expectations in "Evil", the wild rock of "Luv 'n' Pain", demonic attacks in "Demons Re-Calling", and the big finish of "The King", which relishes in big, theatrical flourishes and pulls the album closed with a snap.
Throw in a their use of
the theme from the horror movie Halloween on the title track,
and it's easy to hear why this one's considered a classic, despite
this somehow being the first time the album's been made available since its initial release in '84. Count
yourself lucky to have a chance at picking up a copy of your own, as you can catch one in either red or black vinyl, with a CD compilation of
the two albums also available. Record Heaven is serving as a distro
for European fans, with no official North American distributor
announced yet.
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Ozzy
Osbourne, The Order Of The Solar Temple, Iron Maiden, Sarcofago,
Necronomicon (Germany)
~
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