Artist: Preyer
Release Title: Terminator
Release Type: Full Length Album
Release Year: 1986
Artist Genre: Heavy Metal
Artist Origin: U.K.
Track Listing:
1. Reserve The Right 2. Terminator 3. Leather And Chains 4. Over The Top 5. Beware The Night 6. Shout It Out 7. Rock Crusader 8. Rifferama
Total playing time 31:29
To be honest I was expecting to need a vomit bag when I heard this. The band were from Wales, where virtually no good metal exists, Budgie aside, and you got god awful glam rock bands in the 80's like Wrathchild and Tigertailz from there. The band photo was pretty hokey and the album cover is a horror concept so cheesily executed it's terrifying. However it was a welcome surprise to hear this was actually kickass. They play traditional metal that morphs into speed metal here and there in a similar vein to Judas Priest but with more of a thrash influence in the coarse tone of the guitars and more frantic punkish energy. The vocals have a Halford style in the enunciation but are better comparable to Joe Comeau of Liege Lord's "Master Control" album. You can hear an mp3 upload of the track "Shout It Out" above. This mp3 upload is a great example of the quality on show on the album.
Highlights would have to be the masterful chorus of "Shout It Out", "Rifferama" is the song by name and also by nature with some wicked thrash/speed riffs and the catchy "Leather & Chains" is like some great homage to Priest. The rest is all competent enough and can't be complained about. Just a nice little bundle of 80's heavy/speed metal. I wouldn't trust any metalhead who didn't have a soft spot for this. Check out mp3 downloads of the album tracks I recommended and go buy it from Amazon if you like what you hear.
