Quartz - Fear No Evil (2016)

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Quartz - Fear No Evil (2016)

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Quartz - Fear No Evil (2016)

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Year : 2016
Style : Heavy Metal , NWOBHM
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 147 mb


Bio:

Quartz dates back to as early as 1974 when they were known as Bandy Legs.They signed to Jet Records in 1976 and supported Black Sabbath and AC/DC. The band changed their name to Quartz for their 1977 debut album, Quartz. The album was produced by Tony Iommi and Quartz toured with Black Sabbath to support this release. Queen guitarist Brian May handled guitar on "Circles," which also features Ozzy Osbourne on backing vocals. This track did not appear on the album but would turn up as the B-side to the "Stoking the Fires of Hell" single.Quartz toured heavily during this time, playing the Reading Festival three times (1976, 1977 and 1980) and touring in support of some of the larger hard rock bands of the time (Iron Maiden, Saxon, UFO and Rush).Quartz released their second studio album, Stand Up and Fight, in 1980 and their third, Against All Odds, in 1983 before calling it quits. In 1979 Geoff Nicholls left to join Black Sabbath. He contributed keyboards and songwriting from 1980s Heaven and Hell to 2004.In 2004, doom metal band, Orodruin covered "Stand Up and Fight" on their album Claw Tower.Prior to the founding of Quartz, Hopkins had played in Wages of Sin, a short-lived Birmingham band which toured as a backing band for Cat Stevens in 1970.After that band's dissolution, two of his bandmates, expatriate Canadians Ed and Brian Pilling, returned to Canada and formed the band Fludd; Hopkins briefly joined that band in 1972 as a replacement for founding guitarist Mick Walsh, but left by the end of the year after they were dropped from their original record label.Quartz reformed in 2011 playing a reunion gig on 16 December 2011 at The Asylum in Birmingham, England. The line up consisted of Geoff Nicholls, Mike Hopkins, Derek Arnold, Malcolm Cope and vocalist David Garner.

Album:

Although commonly associated with the NWOBHM, Quartz date much further back – in fact, to 1974 when they were known as Bandy Legs! Laugh as you may, in their time they’ve supported Black Sabbath and AC/DC, not to mention their self titled debut being produced by Tony Iommi, with Queen’s Brian May guesting on one of the tracks – and none other than Ozzy Osbourne handling backing vocals! Caught up in the NWOBHM wave, the band played the Reading Festival three times and supported Iron Maiden, Saxon, UFO, Gillan and Rush, releasing 3 albums before disbanding in 1983. Retaining a cult following as well as most of their original line up over the decades, Quartz reformed in 2011 to play a reunion gig and since then have enjoyed a second lease of life both touring on the ‘true metal’ festival circuit and now with a new album 33 years since their last release! Reflecting the heritage of a true British hard rock / heavy metal band, “Fear No Evil” pulls no punches in being exactly that, both in its authentic sound and composing. From the raw, warbling guitars of Mick Hopkins and Geoff Nicholls on the dark proto doom of ‘The Stalker’ completed by David Garner’s Ozzy like vocals, its clear these Brummies have never let go of their roots. With the guitars getting dirtier, there’s also some fine melody to back the catchy chorus on ‘Riot In The City’, complete with some double bass drumming from Malcolm Cope and Nicholls showing his additional talent with some atmospheric keyboards. Turning on the metal, ‘Walking On Holy Water’ really shows what this band can do with its thick guitars n bass contrasting brilliantly with the awesome melody and yet another catchy chorus while the chugging rocker of ‘Dangerous Game’ will get any down n dirty lover doing just that as Garner teasingly sings out the lyrics of ‘…she’s the devils daughter, and you’ve just burned in hell..’ – yeh! For the ‘eavies, the slow banger of ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ should suffice with Derek Arnold’s bass crunching away magnificently, while my personal fave of ‘Dead Man’s World’ reflected some syrup thick riffing straight from Metallica’s book – along with a 70s prog trip passage midway through – totally unreal man! Despite their years away, Quartz impressed me greatly with “Fear No Evil”, worthy of their legacy as veterans with no sell out whatsoever. The band are clearly proud of what they do – but unafraid of the future as the follow up album is currently being recorded – and is exactly what old headbangers like me wanna hear!

Line Up:

David Garner - Vocals (1981-1982, 2011-present)
Derek Arnold - Bass (1977-1980, 2011-present)
Mick Hopkins - Guitars (1977-1983, 2011-present)
Geoff Nicholls - Guitars, Keyboards (1977, 2011-present)
Malcolm Cope - Drums (1977-1983, 2011-present)

Tracklist:

01. Fear No Evil
02. Rock Bottom
03. The Stalker
04. Rapture
05. Zombie Resurrection
06. Barren Land
07. Walking On Holy Water
08. Dangerous Game
09. Born To Rock The Nation
10. Riot In The City
11. Dead Man's World
12. Scream At The Devil


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