Vengeance - Take It Or Leave It (1987) (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)

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Vengeance - Take It Or Leave It (1987) (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)

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Vengeance - Take It Or Leave It (1987) (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)

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Year : 1987 (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 195 mb


Bio:

Vengeance is a metal band from the Netherlands formed in 1983.Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the head of Ayreon and other progressive metal projects, played in the band from its formation until 1992, when he left to pursue a solo career.Their guitarist, Jan Somers, who was born on 28 December 1964, died on 28 January 2011 in Mierlo, Netherlands, from a heart attack. He was 46 years old.Brimming with confidence and justifiable pride Dutch rock band Vengeance have announced the release of their latest album PIECE OF CAKE: “People can expect what to my ears is the best Vengeance album to this date,” declares guitarist Timo Somers, “the songs are a nice blend of old school Vengeance (think Arabia) and some more modern sounding songs. This time the instrumental side of the band is really outspoken, it features a lot of nice intros, solos and instrumental pieces. And to top it off, Leon sounds better than ever.”It’s a full thirty years ago that Leon Goewie founded the Dutch rock band Vengeance in the early 1980s; thirty years in which the band went through variably successful times and which had Goewie himself experience the usual highs and lows of life as a musician. Yet: he never lost his inherent optimism nor his basic enthusiasm for Vengeance.At the same time Goewie, whose uniquely expressive voice can be picked out among thousands, cannot deny that his band has developed: “After thirty years in this business, you should mature at least a little,” he grins knowingly, “so in that respect PIECE OF CAKE is slightly more serious than most of our previous releases – but of course only to an extent where we don’t miss out on the fun of it all.” The new album will be out on 28 October2013 on Steamhammer/SPV.Goewie talks about a recording which, in his opinion, is the most professional he’s ever cut with Vengeance.. No doubt about it: PIECE OF CAKE forges an arch between the group’s glorious past – documented by the return of the legendary band logo from the cult recordings We Have Ways To Make You Rock , Take It Or Leave It and Crystal Eye and their future-oriented present.The album’s sensational cast is just as spectacular as the new material: alongside original vocalist Leon Goewie, PIECE OF CAKE features drummer John Emmen (JEB), guitarist Timo Somers (Delain), and bassist Barend Courbois. “More than ever before, this is a band which consists of friends,” comments Goewie. And Vengeance are eager to rock their audience as soon as possible: an extensive tour has been scheduled for spring 2014, only a few weeks after the release of their album. Goewie: “We can hardly wait to play numbers from PIECE OF CAKE live at last, along with our classics. I promise that we will pull out all the stops 100% every night!

Album:

All Tracks are Digitally Transferred from the Original Master Tapes.One of Holland’s flagship rockers in the 80s was certainly Vengeance from Waalwijk and it is not surprising that the band from the carnival capital in Noord Brabant also delivered feel-good music. However, Vengeance were already back then more than just a party music outfit. Their songs were varied and for a hard rock band quite sophisticated.Vengeance debuted in 1984 with the self-titled first album and had with CBS support of a bigger label. The biggest success was the 1989 album ‘Arabia’, which relied heavily on the progressive song structures of guitarist Arjen Lucassen before he left the band to take off with Ayreon.There were two more records between 1984 and 1989 of which ‘Take it or Leave it’ is certainly the most mature one. Already the A-side contains with the title track and ‘Rock’n’Roll Shower’ two excellent feel-good songs.Vengeance set already at that time more marks than ready-made hard rock of the shelve. The International School Choir of Amsterdam supported the band on ‘Code of Honour’ while it is Sylvia Houtzager’s violin that can be listened to on ‘Take Me to the Limit’. The quintet went off the beaten path from time to time and featured a saxophone in the jazz bar-like middle-part of ‘Hear Me Out’, instruments that weren’t really considered to be hard rock suitable at the time.Lucassen was able to show his guitar skills on the instrumental ‘Engines’ before four more hard rock anthems followed on the B-side. Here ‘Women of the World’ should be mentioned, a song that starts relatively smooth before it turns into a typical Vengeance rammer.‘Arabia’ is certainly the flagship album from Vengeance, but ‘Take it or Leave it’ has its charm too. Very well crafted hard rock meets a positive spirit. Party and good mood can certainly be confirmed, however, the five-piece band from the Netherlands has more to offer than just John Doe rock. Vengeance knew how to impress even if the success story of the ’80s could not be carried over into the 90s.

Line Up:

Leon Goewie - vocals
Arjen Lucassen - all guitars
Peer Verschuren - guitars
Oscar Holleman - guitars (10,11,12)
Jan Bijlsma - bass
John Snels - drums

production:

Engineer – John Sonneveld
Producer – John Sonneveld

Tracklist:

01. Take It Or Leave It
02. Code Of Honour
03. Rock 'N Roll Shower
04. Take Me To The Limit
05. Engines
06. Hear Me Out
07. Woman In The World
08. Looks Of A Winner
09. Ain't Gonna Take You Home
10. Take Me To The Limit * (Bonus Track)
11. Code Of Honour * (Bonus Track)
12. Take It Or Leave It * (Bonus Track)
13. Hear Me Out * (Bonus Track)
14. I Said Nonono (Ain't Gonna Take You Home) * (Bonus Track)
15. To All The Children Of The World * (Bonus Track)
16. Love Child (Looks Of A Winner) * (Bonus Track)
17. Rock 'N Roll Shower * (Bonus Track)
18. Engines * (Bonus Track)
19. Jingles 'VARA's Vuurwerk' * (Bonus Track)

* - Previously Unreleased Demo Version


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