Description

2013 release

Feel My Pain is the third studio album with new material from the band Battlezone, with ex-Iron Maiden singer, Paul Di’Anno. This album was released in 1998, 10 years after the collection Warchild was released. Feel My Pain is one of the few records of original material released by Paul Di’Anno in his 90’s period. Sadly for Di’Anno, his output has been highly erratic in quality and originality. (This is mostly due to his insistence and constantly re-releasing Iron Maiden songs in new forms more often than not). Despite these facts, it seems that when he does manage to put out a record of entirely original material it is often an interesting affair. Feel My Pain is hardly a metal classic but it’s a listenable platter of chunky modern metal. Grinding guitars, lyrics about being pissed off (somewhat from the mold of Pantera) and an overall sense of tension makes this record fun. Sadly, many of the hooks that could have been developed are missing, and you lack much memory over what was actually contained on some of the songs…which leads to one thinking the album was slightly rushed. Even so, many rocking tracks do exist, and fans of Paul will find little to complain about. The shining aspect of this record of course is Paul’s amazing voice. This man is a waste of talent if there ever was one. The material on this record isn’t terrible by any means, but it’s not even close to providing this mans voice with the songs it deserves to be heard singing. If you love the Di’Anno work of Maiden, Battlezone and Killers this is a must own (if only to hear him scream like Halford on the 1998 version of Children of Madness). It’s not going to redefine the metal world with it’s amazing songcraft, but it’s most certainly solid and entertaining with an amazing vocal performance.

Track listing:
1. Feel My Pain
2. C.O.M. 98 (Children Of Madness)
3. Victim
4. The Forgotten Ones
5. Push
6. Snake Eyes
7. Smack
8. The Black
9. Fear Part 1