Year : 2025 (Fighter Records Edition)
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 93 mb
Bio:
American heavy metal band formed in 1984 in LA which released Easy Prey on Metal Blade Records in 1986.Not to be confused with: - Predator (Power Metal from Fort Lauderdale, Florida) , - Predator (Heavy Metal/Hard Rock from Detroit, Michigan; several members were later in David Neil Cline).First album "Easy Prey" (1986)....second album "Unsafe Space" (2025).
Frank foray (bass) - For Frank Forray, coming of age in the early '80s set the foundation of what was to become a life-long infatuation and love affair with heavy metal music. It was 1982, the year of "Number of the Beast", "Screaming for Vengeance", "Diver Down" and "Speak of the Devil" albums which all left a lasting impression of the type of music that would capture the imagination of a curious 10-year-old for years to come.Frank was always musically curious, he played violin between the ages of 8 and 12 until the program he was involved with went away. According to Frank, "I think playing the violin was my parent's way of hoping that my Hungarian heritage would find me musically and that somehow I could channel the spirit of Franz Liszt. No luck, I had more Maiden than Liszt in my blood".As he got older and more infatuated with heavy metal, and as its popularity grew in the early '80s, he knew he had to be involved in it someway. "I had converted my Pancho Gonzales tennis racquet into a guitar, complete with strings made by tying rubber bands together, so that I could jam along with Def Leppard's "High 'n Dry" cassette which was my ritual before my Saturday morning soccer games. Of course, the 'racquet' coming out of my 'guitar' was nonexistent", notes Frank.1986 was the year that it all changed. It was Frank's freshman year of high school and this is where he met Dennis; as Frank puts it, "two good Catholic kids in Catholic school listening to the "Devil's music". He was the first person I ever knew who had an electric guitar, so an idea ran through my head...we should start a band! Instantly our curious friends jumped in; one said he would sing, another said he would play drums, and another said he would play rhythm guitar. So it was set, the band was my idea and I was out of it before it started. So I turned to Dennis and he said, "Why don't you play bass?" With a puzzled response of, 'huh?' that was my introduction to bass guitar."So, to be in the band Frank had to buy a bass guitar. He cut his neighbor's lawn twice a month for $12 and saved every dollar so that he could buy a Sear's Roebuck bass guitar. He still has it hanging on the wall of his studio. And from there started his bass playing quest and he never looked back.Frank predominantly plays Fender precision bass guitars. He figured if they were good enough for Steve Harris, they were good enough for him to play as he was learning… and they were. Over the years he has tried other styles and makes of bass guitars, but he always comes back to Fender p-basses. "They just fit my physical attack-like style of playing", says Frank.Writing music came naturally to Frank, "I write the type of music I hear in my head and what I think Dennis would enjoy playing. I don't have any formal training in playing bass or writing, so I'm pretty much self-taught. I predominantly write by myself, the music first, bass second and then lyrics. I write everything on my classical guitar and then translate it to electric guitar and bass. Dennis and I have a pretty good system; if I struggle with lyrics for a song, I tell him to write something. This was the case with 'Our Last Days' and 'Prisoner of the World'. Sometimes he writes a song around a really killer riff and that will inspire me to write lyrics such was the case with 'Hour 21' and 'If It Bleeds'".Frank's main influences are Steve Harris, Phil Lynott, Billy Sheehan, Cliff Burton, and Yngwie J. Malmsteen. His style of playing is derived from Steve Harris and Phil Lynott. His stage presence comes from Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, and Billy Sheehan. Billy inspires him to adlib and takes chances musically. And his composing and recording influences come from Steve Harris and Yngwie.For someone who had no clue what bass guitar was, Frank absolutely loves playing bass and has so much fun that he couldn't see himself playing another instrument in a band. And as for the type of music he plays, "heavy metal is it! No matter how unpopular or uncool it may have been over my 20 years of playing in a heavy metal band, it's in my blood", Frank proudly states.
Album:
2nd album, the return of this legendary US heavy metal band that released their debut album in '86 through Metal Blade.Killer riffing and memorable songs!!! Album released on March 18, 2025.Ardent historians of the metal landscape may remember this California heavy/speed metal act Predator. Probably best known for having one of the worst record covers in history for their debut album Easy Prey in 1986, the group would fade away into obscurity until recently. Now back with their second full-length for Unsafe Space, the duo of Frank Forray (guitars, bass) and Jeff Prentice (vocals, guitars, drum programming) aim to please with a decent cocktail of classic riffs that have more steps in the past while also advancing the production values / tones to possibly gain a modern audience.Obvious lyrical / social commentary insights lean towards the fight for democracy on “N.L.M.” (“No Lives Matter”) where Jeff spits forth the key tag line ‘democracy is toast’, media manipulation through internet means on “A New Civil War”, as well expected war strife amongst political leaders within “Violent Objection”. The main hooks sit in a conventional mid-tempo groove to slightly speed/thrash-oriented riff parade, very easily digestible next to Jeff’s very potent, melodic vocal delivery. The crunchy opener “Saviors” next to the blitzkrieg barnburner “Raping the Population” serve a one-two combination that should get most listeners adequately warmed up, the two-piece injecting the instrumental sections with some tasty lead breaks and harmony tricks. A surprising power metal version of “California Dreaming” (from the Mamas and the Papas) contains plenty of the multi-part choir passages that made the song a hit, the layers of guitars adding a classical touch to really stand out as a killer reinterpretation of a non-metal track.The finale “The Crow Upon the Cross” as the longest cut (almost 5 minutes) features a doom-oriented pacing, traversing old Candlemass and Black Sabbath in terms of the atmosphere, deliberately slower guitar chords and note bends, as well as Jeff’s soulful register that seems even stronger than his work almost 40 years ago before kicking into high gear two-thirds of the way through this arrangement. A minor disappointment lies in the drum programming. It’s not bad – you just wonder how a human drummer would have been able to add more vitality (and unpredictability) to the rhythm section parts. The fiery eagle on the cover may also seem similar to what one would expect from a Primal Fear album – but it definitely blows away the stalker-ish creep factor that made Easy Prey a tad cringeworthy.When looking at the twelve tracks for Unsafe Space as a whole, Predator plays best to their power/speed metal strengths on this effort – creating an album that will appease the faithful and possibly bring some new recruits to the fold. One hopes that the third album won’t take until 2064 to hit our ears.
Line-Up:
Jeff Prentice - Guitars, Vocals (1984-?, ?-present) (1984-present) - See also: ex-Aggressor, ex-Blitzkrieg, ex-Deceiver, ex-Outland, ex-The Seeds
Frank Forray - Bass - See also: Ninth Circle
Production:
Producer – Jeff Prentice
Tracklist:
01. Saviors 03:54
02. Raping the Population 02:17
03. N.L.M. 03:20
04. The Fascism Variant 02:55
05. Winter Wars 04:16
06. Sons of Liberty 03:35
07. A New Civil War 02:51
08. California Dreaming (The Mamas & the Papas cover) 02:46
09. Plague of the Deceivers 03:16
10. Violent Objection 02:25
11. Saboteur 03:37
12. The Crow upon the Cross 04:59
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