Description

Cumbria's Hammerhead were one of the most talented minor acts to evolve from the N.W.O.B.H.M. movement of the late 1970's. They came together at the turn of the decade after the demise of various small-time acts such as Judas, Bitter Harvest, and 8 Hertz. After a few tentative appearances on the regional club scene during 1981, the group first came to public attention via a well-received demo tape. Although their signature number "Time Will Tell" even made it into one or two national Heavy Metal Charts and local response was quite encouraging, labels like Neat, HM Records or Guardian never got in contact with the band. They published a self-produced single called "Time Will Tell" on their own label Linden Sounds in 1981 and contributed a song to the compilation "It's Unheard Of" (both items are highly-collectable pieces of vinyl). The band have now reformed and recorded this studio album called "Headonizm". It features new recordings of old compositions such as "I'll Be Back", "Devils Soldier", "Death Lesson" or "Mushrooms & Beer". Talking of new recordings, although the bulk of the material was written in the mid to late 70's and recorded in 2005, Buzz Elliot takes time to stress that "Headonizm" is anything but a "modern sounding" record: "I understand that some people may feel a touch apprehensive about these type of recordings, and that this is not as good as hearing genuine old versions of a bands songs, I myself have been disappointed on occasion when I have heard modern recordings of a band that I used to love, so with that in mind, we have done absolutely everything possible to ensure that these new recordings sound as if they were brought here in a time machine from the mid 70's, I'm sure that we could have told lies and passed them off as very old rare recordings, that is exactly what we wanted them to sound like, and the initial feedback that I have received so far supports this." Foldout cover Track listing: 1. I`ll be back 2. Devils solder 3. Mushrooms and beer 4. Death lesson-Plateau cover 5. Victim 6. Feel i'm falling