TOKYO BLADE [REQUEST]

TOKYO BLADE
NIGHT OF THE BLADE (1984)
REMASTER
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Ok first off lets just get the basic gist of this album in words so you know what to expect. This is a highly rockin NWOBHM album. It rocks ok....hard and heavy. This one is a bit more commercial than the first two, but hey it still kicks ass. Now granted they were trying to make some money with this so they wrote some 80;s rock/metal songs...which could have been disastrous for the band, if not for the fact that they fuckin rule. The songs on this one that have a little cheese factor are still really good. "Rock Me to the Limit" being the best...its so damn catchy. Lightining Strikes is good to but its a bit repetitive. But lets not forget the true meat of this album. "Night of the Blade" is screaming metallic glory the way it was done before....it was ruined. What a chorus and what an awesome band. "Lovestruck" has probably the coolest riff I have ever heard....it rocks...but with some heavy heavy attitude. So all these faggy glam bands...(Poison, Motley Crue) Tokyo Blade proves that you can rock about love....and still be heavy. God what an awesome song. Samurai is good reminds me of Thundersteel Riot. The Dead of the Night is probably one of the best songs ever written in the history of man. OH MY FUCKING GOD. It starts off with some laid back NWOBHM bluesy stuff....but then they rock you so hard that you fall off whatever godforsaken platform you're resting on. The lead in this song is the reason metal rules any other form of music. The energy the skill...hell the whole fucking cool attitude they have....makes me smile til my face cracks. My god what a glorious bunch of fuckers these guys are. If you listen to their early albums you'll see where Holy Terror got most of their inspiration as they sound exactly alike with TB being the more rocking of the two. Great album...great band. Its a shame people cite Helloween and Hammerfall as good power metal when Tokyo Blade was doing it earlier and better than them. Hail to the NWOBHM.....the like which will never bee seen again because people have forgotten how to rock. Thank you vinyl...for preserving the faith that I love so much. ROCK ON!

1. Someone to Love
2. Night of the Blade
3. Rock Me to the Limit
4. Warrior of the Rising Sun
5. Unleash the Beast
6. Love Struck
7. Dead of the Night
8. Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)
Bonus Tracks
Lightning Strikes EP (1984)
9. Fever
10. Attack Attack
Madame Guillotine EP (1985)
11. Madame Guillotine
12. Break Out
The Cave Sessions (Demo, 1985)
13. Monkeys Blood
14. School House Is Burnin'
15. Shadows Of Insanity
16. Jezzabell