Description

One of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal’s most convoluted family trees belongs to the band known predominantly as Satan. Besides regularly undergoing name changes (Blind Fury and Pariah were only two of the aliases employed each time the group decided their original name was compromising their chances of success), the band’s history also includes names like Skyclad and Blitzkrieg. The seeds of the band that would become Satan were planted in Newcastle, England, toward the end of 1980, when a semifirm lineup consisting of vocalist Trevor Robinson, guitarists Steve Ramsey and Russ Tippins, bassist Graeme English, and drummer Andy Reed finally coalesced. The band’s first single, the imminently collectable Kiss Of Death, was released by independent label Guardian Records in the first months of 1982, and after welcoming new drummer Sean Taylor and replacing singer Robinson, first with one Ian Swift, then with the more experienced Brian Ross (ex-Blitzkrieg), sessions began for a full-length album. The very heavy, almost thrash-like Court In The Act opus finally emerged through Neat Records and was given mostly enthusiastic reviews. An equally successful bout of touring across the Channel in Europe followed and the band recorded this live album at the Dynamo club in Holland in November 1983. When the band returned to the Uk they were suffering a major setback when the ever restless Ross decided to quit in order to resurrect Blitzkrieg. This album captures the band live with maybe their strongest line up. Buy or die

Track listing:
1. Trial By Fire
2. No Turning Back
3. Heads Will Roll
4. Hunt You Down
5. Pull the Trigger
6. Breaking Free
7. Blades of Steel
8. The Ritual
9. Kiss of Death
10. Opression
11. The Executioner
12. Blitzkrieg
13. Dynamo
14. Kiss of Death
15. Heads Will Roll