Year : 1986 (Hellion Records Remastered Edition 2024)
Style : Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 97 mb
Bio:
Cities was an American-style Heavy / Power metal band from New York. They released one album, "Annihilation Absolute" in 1986, and then broke up.Ron Angell (vocals), Steve Mironovich (guitars), Mayne (bass), A.J. Pero (drums).Cities were also a side project of A.J. Pero, who is best known as the drummer for Twisted Sister. He played with Cities in their early days, left for Twisted Sister, and then returned to record "Annihilation Absolute", the band's only studio album.The tracks for the album were re-recorded with a different line-up from the year's prior EP.
Album:
New Hellion Records Remastered edition.This NYC band really deserved better than to be submerged on a tiny label with a confusing and seemingly simultaneous issue as both an EP and LP with this title. How come? Well it’s simple, they were incredibly good.Much like Jag Panzer, Liege Lord, and Laaz Rockit, Cities delivered traditional metal songs with an energy level and sound bordering on thrash, and what’s more they wrote seriously ass kicking songs!Singer Ron Angell could have been big news in a more commercially oriented band with his clear, pleasing throat, whilst guitarist Steve Mironovich possessed a sound equally adept at tough rhythms and fiery, economical soloing.I’m working from a really old and beat up EP version of this record, so forgive me if I don’t mention a notable track on the longer version. For my part, “In The Still Of The Night” (with it’s Maiden-like gallop) and “Burn Forever” are the finest cuts on hand, although “Fight For Your Life” and “Innocent Victim” certainly have their charms as well.A nice and tight production job, squishes all elements into a bristling and compressed picture, and with material this good delivered this well, it baffles me why Cities never flourished. Okay, their band name was kinda dumb, but still…
Line Up:
Ron Angell - Vocals
Steeve Mironovich - Guitars (R.I.P. 2024)
Sal Mayne - Bass (1980-1987, 2007, 2018-?) - See also: The Nightmare Stage (live), Live After Death (Iron Maiden tribute), ex-Anvil
A.J. Pero - Drums (R.I.P. 2015)
Production:
remastered by Patrick Engel
Recorded At – Systems Two
Mixed At – Systems Two
Producer – A. J., Ron, Mayne, Steeve
Tracklist:
01. Stop the Race 04:02
02. Fight for Your Life 03:29
03. Burn Forever 03:45
04. Not Alone in the Dark 03:35
05. Cruel Sea 06:03
06. In the Still of the Night 04:50
07. Innocent Victim 04:46
08. Shades of Black 03:41
09. Deceiver 05:18
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