Mmmmm, gotta love that smokin’ hot mix from good ol’ Scratch Records! Traditional metal from Germany! Tyrant’s Fight For Your Life opens with a stirring intro called Dark Eyes Of London, which leads into the searing riffery and pounding drums that begins Up The Hammer. Immediately, I am on board. Then, the vocals of “Kerrmit” come in for the first time. Houston, we have a problem. Though Kerrmit shares a name (different spelling) with this famous muppet, he actually sounds like THIS famous muppet. Or better yet, me when I am trying to pass a particularly hard, somewhat nutty, stool. Anyway, Kerrmit has one of those love ’em or hate ’em voices. For me, I tend to lean a little south on that one. No matter, blood and thunder Teutonic maelstroms like Up The Hammer, Metal Rules, and We Will Rock satiate my metal jones like old-school Gravestone or Trance. Listening to Kerrmit’s one-dimensional vocal “talents” over the course of an entire album can be a little much, but a little bit of Tyrant here and there warms the gut like a shot of Jack. Love that mighty drum sound, and hearing the bass high up in the mix, too. (Like I said, Scratch Records ruled!) Okay, I’m grinning like an idiot. My score: B
Tyrant – “Fight For Your Life” (1985)
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