Artist: Airwolf
Release Title: Victory Bells
Release Type: Full Length
Release Year: 1988
Artist Genre: Power/Speed Metal
Artist Origin: Germany
Track Listing:
1. Legion Of Doom 2. Through The Fire 3. Swordbreaker 4. Death Metal Rain 5. Victory Bells 6. Starfire 7. (Take Off) Atlantis 8. Schizomania
1. Legion Of Doom 2. Through The Fire 3. Swordbreaker 4. Death Metal Rain 5. Victory Bells 6. Starfire 7. (Take Off) Atlantis 8. Schizomania
Total playing time 44:39
The NWOBHM was one of the best things that happened to mankind. The music from the movement was great but it also planted seeds for the thrash scene and more significantly here, the power metal scenes of the 80's. Airwolf are one of the many pupils to graduate from the German school of NWOBHM worship and they built upon that sound with a power/speed metal approach which was a path many bands both sides of the atlantic tread down at that time. This is a nifty little display of that style that echoes the raw production with gruff vocals of the Cloven Hoof debut as well as it does the breathtaking speed and sing-a-long melodic licks of the Helloween debut.
Standout tracks include the misleadingly titled "Death Metal Rain" which is moody epic power/speed metal, the title track and "Starfire". A solid disc, nothing groundbreaking for 1988 but if you like 80's power or speed metal this is candy for your ears.
