Year : 1985 (Japan Edition 1994)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Hair Metal , NWOBHM
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 107 mb
Bio:
1979-1984 (as Satan), 1983-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-1988 (as Satan), 1988-1989 (as Pariah), 1997-1998 (as Pariah), 2004 (as Satan), 2011-present (as Satan).Blind Fury is a heavy metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, England, United Kingdom, that was formed in 1979 under the name Satan.The band had temporary changed its name twice, in 1984 to Blind Fury and in 1988 to Pariah (6). The band was part of the NWOBHM movement.Indeed, a band called Blind Fury was formed in 1983 with the back then ex-Satan-vocalist Lou Taylor and former members of Angel Witch, but this band just recorded one demo in 1984 before disbanding. After that Lou Taylor rejoined Satan. However, the members of Satan felt their moniker was limiting them and so the band adopted the Blind Fury name and used it from 1984 to 1985.
Album:
Debut and last full-length album originally released in 1985.Blind Fury is essentially the band Satan became, as the line-up is identical with the exception of new vocalist Lou Taylor. You’d expect a simple name-change to be of no importance, but it’s pretty clear that the band had a new, although not all too different, style to boot. Songwriting is mostly of a traditional ‘rock and roll’ uplifting, playful nature with lots of various tributes to that lifestyle, and the appropriate simplicity to accompany it too. However, one needs only change focus to see the true nature of this album. Underneath, (mostly) dark, technical, borderline surreal – and very original – guitar playing reigns supreme, and is the one reason ‘Out of Reach’ is of so much interest. Pretty much every note bears a meaning of importance. Once you hit play, it gets increasingly difficult to stop listening, as every second gets more and more interesting. It leaves you with the feeling of wanting more and more and more, until you realize you’ve spun the damn thing twenty times over already. The reason: Steve Ramsey and Russ Tippins. I am completely sincere when I say that ‘Out of Reach’ has some of the most impressive guitar playing I’ve ever heard. It may not be as technical and fast as their ‘Court in the Act’, but what it lacks in speed it makes up for in originality. A lot can be said about their projects, good and bad, but they were in my opinion the best guitar duo to come out of the NWOBHM. Yes, that includes Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. The other members of the band shouldn’t be ignored though; faithful bass player Graeme English and drummer Sean Taylor have no problems keeping up and Lou Taylor is perhaps the most ear-pleasing, most technically flawless singer Ramsey and Tippins would team up with.The album itself isn’t as good as I make it sound, as the songwriting is quite flawed. There are only a few truly excellent songs such as ‘Do It Loud’ and ‘Back Inside’, but admittedly, every song has something in it to like. There are so many layers of varied guitar riffs, melodies and duels that highlights are abundant and as mind-blowing as they come. The instrumental break starting 2:58 in ‘Back Inside’ which goes on for about 2 minutes is probably the best I’ve heard in my entire life and the solo is so good that Pariah found it necessary to rip themselves off and repeat it on one of their songs on ‘Unity’. The title song has a monstrous, totally gripping build-up, where Lou Taylor holds a note for what seems like half a minute after which the song goes full speed ahead with some trademark Blind Fury riffs. Near the end of the song, we have a jaw-dropping 1-minute guitar solo (which is perhaps the best on the album) and a bass that plays playfully along. ‘Dance of the Crimson Lady Pt.1’ initially gives the impression of being bit of a quirky song with its odd guitar playing, but after a few listens all the pieces fall together and a unique, world-class power ballad takes shape. The album works perhaps best with simpler compositions such as ‘Do It Loud’, ‘Dynamo (There is a Place)’ and ‘Contact Rock and Roll’, which are pretty much flawless for what they are, but they do lack the flavour of more advanced songs such as ‘Back Inside’.The end product is somewhat disappointing as ‘Out of Reach’ could have been so much more, but unfortunately it’s bit rough around the edges as its oil-and-water songwriting makes it a confusing experience, but an extremely interesting and impressive one nonetheless. Few are the albums that make me giggle with joy like a little child and this, ladies and gentlemen, is one of them.In my first (and quite short) review, published nearly two years ago, I gave this album a score of 74%. However, after some thinking I came to the conclusion that a revision was in order. Though I still think the songwriting belongs in the 70-79% range, it feels almost criminal to dismiss it into the ranks of such run of the mill “good but not great” creations. After all, I have given ‘Out of Reach’ as much listening time as albums scoring in the 90-99% and the talent displayed here truly is so exceptional that it deserves better. I just can’t for the life of me understand why this album isn’t given more attention and respect. It’s not super-technical like Cacophony’s ‘Speed Metal Symphony’ and most every technical thrash/death album out there but damn, has anyone ever sounded like this?
Line Up:
Lou Taylor - Vocals (1983-1984, 1984-1985) - See also: ex-Saracen, Heaven or Hell? (Ronnie James Dio tribute), ex-Persian Risk, ex-Satan, ex-Tour De Force
Steve Ramsey - Guitars (1984-1985) - See also: Satan, Skyclad, ex-Pariah
Russ Tippins - Guitars (1984-1985) - See also: Satan, Tanith, ex-Pariah, ex-Tysondog (live), ex-The Russ Tippins Electric Band
Graeme English - Bass (1984-1985) - See also: Satan, Skyclad, ex-Pariah
Sean Taylor - Drums (1984-1985) - See also: Satan, Warrior, ex-Blitzkrieg, ex-Raven, ex-Pariah
+ guests:
Orchestrated By [Keyboard] – Chris Marshall
Percussion – Charlie Morgen-Simmons
Production:
Made By – Apollon Inc.
Recorded At – Touch Sound Studios
Mixed At – Touch Sound Studios
Artwork – Blodgett Waxwing
Concept By – Lou Taylor
Coordinator – Syusuke M. Kawahara
Engineer [Engineered By] – Roy Rowland
Liner Notes [24th, Mar., '94] – 奥村裕司*
Liner Notes [LP-23rd. Jul, 1985] – 有島博志
Liner Notes [対訳] – Azumi Takahata
Lyrics By – Lou Taylor
Management [Personal Management] – Ian Cleary
Photography By [Photos] – Ray Palmer
Producer [Produced By] – Steve James
Sleeve – King James Street Studios
Written-By, Performer [Performed By] – Blind Fury
Tracklist:
01. Do It Loud 05:05
02. Out of Reach 06:32
03. Evil Eyes 06:03
04. Contact Rock and Roll 03:56
05. Living on the Edge 05:19
06. Dynamo (There Is a Place...) 03:06
07. Back Inside 05:31
08. Dance of the Crimson Lady, Part 1 07:27
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