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2022 re-issue on oil green marbled vinyl with insert. Limited 300 copies

Among the seeming endless sea of NWOBHM bands that made small to moderate sized splashes in the mid 1980s is an obscure act in Blade Runner, admittedly carrying a not so obscure name give it’s close proximity to the time when one of the greatest Sci-Fi films hit theaters. The story is perhaps a bit typical for many of the other bands that suffered the same disposition, namely being a solid act within a scene that was massive flooded by 1984 and slowly being supplanted both by glam rock on the softer end and thrash metal on the harder side. Generally most of the early British acts would tilt in one of those two directions, and this one was clearly leaning a bit more in the hard rock one that typified Saxon’s work at this time. In a narrower context, the resulting sound that dominates Hunted, this band’s 1984 debut, is actually an extremely typical one when considering the company it kept. Having been put out by Ebony Records, it shares a fair bit in common with the early offerings of Grim Reaper, Chateaux, Samurai, and even French contemporaries Nightmare. The album has a more mainline rocking approach to the NWOBHM sound so one shouldn’t come to this expecting something as elaborate as Iron Maiden or as dangerous as Satan or Blitzkrieg, but it definitely has a kick to it that could very well have evolved into something comparable to where Saxon is at present. If Sean Young, Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford were vocal metal heads, they’d surely approve.

Track list:
1. Too Far Too Late
2. Run From The Night
3. Back Street Lady
4. The Stealer
5. Hunted
6. I’ve Got To Rock
7. Dogs Of War
8. Back On The Street
9. Looking From The Outside