Description

Black vinyl with lyric insert

Hailing from South Australia, Road Warrior effectively recreate a time when heavy metal was oblivious to trends. The band’s eight-song debut album Power combines taut, muscular classic heavy metal compositions with an aesthetic that is unapologetic and utterly manly. Nods to groups like Savatage and Riot aside, the general impression given is something most notable for fans of mid-80’s speed metal and the post-1986 lives of aging NWOBHM stars. Power almost undersells the whole middle finger to political correctness and hyper-sensitive peoples if you don’t pay close attention whereas the album’s guitar work really speaks for itself as a galloping first half of the 80’s heavy metal record. Power might be all over the place in terms of influence and era evoked but the entirety of the album is driven by strong songwriting and loads of the attitude so many ‘retro’ heavy metal acts lack. The genius of a project like Road Warrior comes when they are able to either transcend obvious influences or create equally valuable entries that capture the spirit of an era in a meaningful way and in this sense Power exceeds expectations as it fits snugly in the mid-80’s heavy metal underground. For fans of eighties US metal like Powerlord, early Slough Feg, Hexx etc

Track list:
1. Dont Fight Fate
2. On Iron Wing
3. Devils in Waiting
4. I Am the Hunger
5. Tease n’ Torture
6. Sweating Out the Poison
7. Back Alley Tokyo Woman
8. The Future Is Passed