Sparta - No Retreat No Surrender (2016)

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Sparta - No Retreat No Surrender (2016)

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Sparta - No Retreat No Surrender (2016)

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Year : 2016
Style : Heavy Metal , NWOBHM
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 130 mb


Bio:

Sparta was formed in late 1979 by Tony Foster on lead guitar. The line-up was completed by Tony Warren on bass guitar, Karl Reders on vocals, Steve ‘Snake’ Reders on guitar and Paul ‘Radge’ Reders on drums. Karl, Paul and Steve started a novice band in late 1978 and had started following/assisting local Mansfield band Xerox. Xerox split up in 1979 leaving Tony Foster and Tony Warren. Karl, Paul and Steve joined up to form Sparta. Karl laid down his bass guitar to concentrate on vocals. Sparta come from Mansfield (in Nottinghamshire) - back in the early ‘80’s a town with a healthy local scene. There were a good number of local pub-based venues to play at the time and local bands to play. Savage and Tyrant being among them (as featured on the ‘Scene of the Crime’ album).After having established a good local following, the next step for Sparta was to have their own vinyl out. In 1980, Nottinghamshire-based label Suspect Records put out Sparta’s debut single pairing “Fast Lane” with “Fighting to Be Free”. Suspect Records was formed to allow us to release our first single, financed by the band. 1,000 copies were pressed primarily for promotional purposes. “Fast Lane” was named ‘Single of the Week’ in Sounds magazine. The single coupled with cuttings from the Sounds magazine allowed them to get interest in the band outside the local area. This allowed them to be able to secure support slots at bigger venues in the area with Diamond Head, The Ken Hensley Band (former Uriah Heep keyboard player), Praying Mantis, Lionheart, The Groundhogs and Budgie.A year later, in 1981, Sparta unleashed their second 7" single “Angel of Death” (with “Tonight” on the flipside), once again on Suspect Records. It was again released on the same basis as the first single: 1,000 copies were pressedAfter “Fast Lane” was voted ‘Single of the Week’ in Sounds, England’s most popular weekly music paper at the time, the Heavy Metal bible Kerrang stepped in and printed an article about the band in their famous “Armed and Ready” section (named after a tune by the Michael Schenker Group).Still in 1981, Suspect Records published a compilation of local bands under the name of “Scene Of The Crime”, the original vinyl sells for anything up to 100 English Pounds nowadays and there also exists a (supposedly Greek) bootleg CD. ‘Scene of the Crime’ featured five bands: Panza Division, Tyrant, Savage, Manitou and Sparta. Each band had an allotted time on the album and contributed their share of the costs. They did not have two songs at the time that fitted the slot, so ‘Lords of Time’ was picked as their sole contributionSparta also recorded two sessions for Radio Hallam .There was an initial session at Radio Hallam after the first single but any tapes have long since been lost. The second session was recorded with new vocalist Trev Morgan after Karl had left around 1982. Initial interest was a result of sending the first single to the Colin Slade Rock Show at Radio Hallam. The studio was not really set up for serious band recording. The material was recorded basically live in a limited time.Sparta carried on through the mid- to late 1980’s with Mark Henshaw on vocals then Steve on vocals but did not make it into the next decade, they disbanded around 1990. This was really the last line-up of Sparta with Karl on bass and vocals, Steve on guitar/vocals, Paul on drums and Dave Drury on guitar. Under the name of Richter Scale they recorded a studio demo, a good recording, but lack of gig opportunities and Dave leaving the band caused it to fold.In 2003, the two Sparta 7" singles were bootlegged by Brazilian label Phoenix Records, each with a circulation of 250 copies, “Fast Lane” on sky blue vinyl and “Angel Of Death” on transparent blue vinyl. For obvious reasons, Sparta are not too happy about this illegitimate release.

Album:

It was about time to hear something new from the cult N.W.O.B.H.M. heroes from Mansfield. It took them 32 years to release the highly acclaimed by the Press and the audience compilation ‘Use Your Weapons Well’ -featuring 25 songs from Sparta’s whole career from 1979 to 1990- via High Rollers Records and it took them another 3 years to write their first-ever studio album entitled ‘Welcome To Hell’. So fortunately, we didn’t have to wait for so long for their sophomore full length. Under the name ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ -via Suspect Records, their back in the days’ label that released the two 7” singles from 1980 and 1981 ‘Fast Lane’ and ‘Tonight’ respectively- we have a blasting album that will satisfy all lovers of pure British Heavy Metal. There’s no big secret behind this successful revival. You may think that I’m overreacting as I keep saying the same thing and returning to the same topic over and over again. But unfortunately, it seems that most bands that come from the 70’s-80’s forget why they were so big names or why they created all these great albums. It wasn’t the clear, clean-cut production damn it! It was the compositions, it was the feeling, and it was the damn songs!!! So now Sparta wisely decided to focus on the song-writing than spend useless effort trying to boost their sound with technological tricks. The raw, lo fi production makes the album heavier. There are 8 new tracks plus a great re-recording of the glorious 1981 gem ‘Lords Of Time’ (taken from the 1981 12” 4-way-split with Savage, Panza Division and Tyrant entitled ‘Scene of the Crime’ via once again Suspect Records) are showing a band that is living its second youth. There are some classical N.W.O.B.H.M. riffs spread all over the album while we can hear a lot of Sabbath and AC/DC elements too. We can’t demand from Sparta to write another ‘Wild Touch’ but still these guys can write some brilliant hard rocker tunes like ‘Dark Of Your Mind’ and ‘Right To Fight’. ‘Victory’, ‘Land Of Mystery’ and ‘Flight Of The Storm King’ have a more heavy metal approaching with an epic aura. ‘Stand Up for Heavy Rock and Metal’ is really cool despite the fact that it has a rather cheesy title and theme. These guys really know how to rock and should have a wider acceptance from today’s metal fans and play to bigger audiences and not just be a band for nostalgic Brofest-like fests.

Line-Up:

Karl Reders - Vocals
Tony "Sapper" Warren - Bass
Tony Foster - Guitars
Steve "Snake" Reders - Guitars
Paul "Radge" Reders - Drums

Tracklist:

01. No Retreat No Surrender 05:42
02. Dark of Your Mind 03:38
03. Right to Fight 04:07
04. Lords of Time 07:22
05. Land of Mystery 05:27
06. Stand Up for Heavy Rock and Metal 04:26
07. Flight of the Storm King 07:10
08. We Are Gods 04:52
09. Victory 05:04

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