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Black vinyl with lyric insert. Limited 250 copies

Most of you will fondly remember the days when the mention of a new heavy metal band from Sweden resulted in a thrilling electric shock to the nervous system. Swedish Metal always had its sound, its feel a unique creativity injected with tremendous energy and often tingling rawness, but always with plenty of huge hooks, riffs and terrific melodies. And make no mistake, this sound owes its origin, it’s claim to fame, to Silver Mountain! While early seventies hard rock acts like November showed that Sweden could rock, they were overshadowed by the pop music in the likes of Abba. Then, in the early 80s, the hard rock movement in this Nordic landscape finally set new traditions and standards. No band defined this clearer than a little Swedish four-piece called Silver Mountain. They quickly became to Sweden what Metallica were to the US, and Iron Maiden were to England. Formed in the late seventies by guitar virtuoso Jonas Hansson, whose influences ranged from Rainbow to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Silver Mountain rapidly scaled the ladder to become the new heroes of the Swedish metal explosion of a decade when heavy metal ruled the planet. When Silver Mountain released their Shakin Brains album some old fans were a bit disappointed. The 1980 demo prior to the album had been so much heavier and without any keyboards. Heres finally that classic demo released on a glorious vinyl with the original artwork that was scrapped for the Shakin Brains album. Now you can hear the tracks without the classical influences and ornate keyboards and with a more aggressive twin guitar attack

Track listing:
1. Spring Maiden
2. Keep On Keepin On
3. Not You Baby
4. Vikings
5. Looking For You
6. Felo De Si
7. Axeman And The Virgin
8. Streetgirls
9. Prophet Of Doom
10. Before The Storm
11. ASWAST
12. Handled Roughly