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Riot -Restless Breed/Riot Live dlp

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Double album on black vinyls with gatefold cover and the complete Riot Live EP as bonus

Riot bandleader/guitarist Mark Reale’s frequent lineup shifts finally caught up with him on 1982’s Restless Breed. Longtime vocalist Guy Speranza’s exit after the groups seminal release, Fire Down Under, wasn’t just another member change. Replacement Rhett Forrester demonstrates nice range and intensity on Restless Breed, but Speranza’s performance and writing abilities are sorely missed. While Riot always suffered from a faceless quality, with Speranza, they managed to somehow stay ahead of their time. The New York outfit was one of the first American metal acts to adopt a melodic, speedy approach that approximated thrash and the about-to-crest New Wave of British Heavy Metal many years before each would emerge from the underground. We still have some top notch metal influenced speed tracks on here. Violent Crimes has the same fire and fury as such classic speed tracks like Warrior and Narita. When I was young has a solid galloping line to the verses and a much more polished vocal performance. Who ever said that James Hetfield was the first to write galloping guitar lines that rocked hard obviously never heard of Riot. Among the better rock tracks on here is the gloomy quasi-ballad title track, definitely one of the better voice performances on here, not to mention a lyrical approach more befitting this style of music. Loanshark has some wicked drum and bass work, Hard Loving Man borrows its riff from the classic opening track of the last album Swords and Tequilla, qualifying it as another ancestor to Maidens Two Minutes to Midnight. The bonus tracks from Riot Live EP was recorded live aat the New Peppermint Lounge in New York City on the 5th of July 1982

Track listing:
1. Hard Lovin Man
2. CIA
3. Restless Breed
4. When I Was Young
5. Loanshark
6. Love By You
7. Over To You
8. Showdown
9. Dream Away
10. Violent Crimes
11. Hard Lovin Man-live
12. Showdown-live
13. Loved By You-live
14. Loanshark-live
15. Restless Breed-live
16. Sword And Tequila-live

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Label

Metal Blade Records

Release Year

Catalogue Number

3984-15482-1