Marshall Law - Metal Detector (Japan Edition) (1997)

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Marshall Law - Metal Detector (Japan Edition) (1997)

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Marshall Law - Metal Detector (Japan Edition) (1997)

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Year : 1997 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 122 mb


Bio:

Marshall Law - very heavy and proud of it.This legendary band hailing from Birmingham (the birthplace of OZZY and JUDAS PRIEST amongst others) offers up intense, shredding metal powered by the exceptional talents of vocalist Andy Pyke, twin guitarists Dave Martin and Dave Rothan and bassist Tom Dwyer.Formed by ex-DETROIT, DAMIEN and VIVA vocalist Andy Pyke in 1988, the band benefited in their early days from the enthusiastic management of Birmingham DJ Dave Juste and the seemingly tireless ability to undertake enormous tours, including supports to LITTLE ANGELS and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, building up a loyal fan base along the way. The original line-up featured Andy Pyke on vocals and drums, together with ex-CHINAWHITE and SHADOWLANDS guitarist Dave Martin (who had also been involved with ELECTRIC WARRIOR, an act that featured UFO guitarist Rik Sandford), guitarist Darren Horton and bassist Malcolm Gould. The band later added drummer Alan Kelly who ultimately left to join SHY and was replaced with Mick Donovan. Darren Horton also left to later form SIAM and was replaced by former REALM and IVORY guitarist Andy Southwell. This line-up recorded the demo 'Future Shock' in 1988.Shortly afterwards, the band signed with local label FM Revolver and recorded their first album 'Marshall Law' which was produced by REDBEARDS members Ian Allen and Dave Keates. It was decided at this point to replace bassist Malcolm Gould (who promptly formed LOVE AND WAR) with Roger Davis (previously with ROULETTE) and the band still continued to gig hard. Mick Donovan was then replaced and another record for FM Revolver followed, the mini album 'Power Crazy', which debuted new drummer Lee Morris. Andy Pyke meantime was to contribute guest vocals to CEREBRAL FIX's version of JUDAS PRIEST's hit 'Living After Midnight'.A change of management to the same organisation that handled MAGNUM saw the release of a third album, 'Powergame', with production by ROBIN GEORGE. This saw excellent sales including Japan where over 35,000 copies were shifted in the first few weeks and reached number 6 in the national Rock chart. A thousand copies were also pressed up on the band's own System X label (which they still release material through today) for sale at gigs. A live album was also recorded but was to remain unreleased for some time and the band ultimately chose to take an extended break, playing their last gig at Nottingham Rock City in September 1992. Dave Martin reunited with original drummer Mick Donovan in a new project, Andy Southwell formed an acoustic act, Roger Davis found employment with erstwhile LITTLE ANGELS vocalist TOBY JEPSON and Lee Morris joined high profile Gothic Rock act PARADISE LOST.Directly due to unceasing fan pressure MARSHALL LAW duly reformed in late 1995, signing with Neat Metal Records to issue the well received live album 'Law In The Raw'. Much to the surprise of the band the label's press release for 'Law In The Raw' mistakenly attributed these recordings to a support to JUDAS PRIEST, although the concert was in fact taken from a headline gig. Still essentially a studio project at this stage, the band did manage a brace of local gigs utilising the rhythm section from NOISEGATE. In 1997, the band recorded 'Metal Detector' which once more pulled in worthy reviews with increased sales in Germany and Japan. The band recorded the follow up 'Warning From History' in early 1999 which included guest contributions from Steve Grimmett of GRIM REAPER and LIONSHEART and MAGNUM's Tony Clarkin. This outing saw the band's first release in South America with Rock Brigade Records in Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Shortly after recording the band dispensed with their existing rhythm section pulling in ex-RECKLESS DAUGHTER, SHOCK TACTICS and SIAM bassist Andy Faulkner and former BENEDICTION and WHITE TRASH drummer Paul Brookes. To promote the album the band put in a show at the 'Bang Your Head' Festival in southern Germany sharing a bill with DEEP PURPLE, W.A.S.P. and MOTRHEAD as well as a performance at the Wacken Festival playing to over 30,000 people.During 2000 the band recorded a version of SLADE's 'We'll Bring The House Down' with a guesting Bev Bevan of BLACK SABBATH on drums. Although the track was produced by the esteemed Terry Thomas of BAD COMPANY repute, it would remain consigned to the vaults until it emerged as a bonus track on the 2002 Sanctuary Records compilation 'Power Crazy - The Best Of Marshall Law'. The band again decided at this point to take extended leave and during this period Andy Pyke hooked up with former MARSHALL LAW and PARADISE LOST drummer Lee Morris, EXCALIBUR and HARDWARE guitarist Paul Solynskyj and ex-SLAMMER guitarist Milo Zavenic to tour Holland in a METALLICA tribute band DAMAGE INC. Some of Andy Pyke's earlier recordings also surfaced with the release of a vintage live DAMIEN album.Late in 2004, the band were yet again swamped with requests from fans to reform permanently and by April 2005 had recruited bassist Tom Dwyer, a scene veteran holding credentials with BARDICHE, HEAT, SCREAMING DEMON and IRON SKULL. Again utilising NOISEGATE's Chris Green on drums, the band played several UK shows supporting ZODIAC MINDWARP and SHY. By October the band had completed demos for a new album before taking a winter break, ready to enter the studio in early 2006. However, drummer Chris Green decided to leave the band early in 2006 and was promptly replaced with Pete Hunt, a veteran of DRAGONFORCE and GEARED 4. Prior to entering the studio though, the band suffered a major blow in February when guitarist Andy Southwell, a band mainstay since 1988, exited amicably to pursue other interests. Within days his replacement had been revealed as being SEVEN WITCHES guitarist Jack Frost, an American scene veteran having high profile experience with SAVATAGE, METALIUM, THE BRONX CASKET CO., SPEEED and FROSTBITE. However, conflicts between the schedules of both the band and Jack Frost could not be adequately balanced and he exited in June. His replacement, announced in mid-July, was Dave Rothan, previously of DIRTY MINDS, the GRAHAM BONNET band and 80s covers act ROCK$TAR. Pete Hunt also left the band in November 2006 to concentrate on other projects and the band are currently looking at potential replacements.With a very successful headlining UK tour recently completed and the band's rousing performance as mainstage openers at this year's BLOODSTOCK UK METALFEST, the band are going from strength to strength and are quickly re-establishing themselves as one of Europe's premier metal bands. The 'Powergame' album is about to be re-released worldwide via Majestic Records and a new album is scheduled for completion by the end of 2006 with a planned release early in 2007. The band will also be embarking on a larger tour in 2007 which will see them in Europe, the US and Japan.

Album:

3th full-length album.The late 90's. Metal was starting to make a slow, painful rise to power again after abominations like Pantera and Machine Head were losing steam. Yet other nu horrors were awaiting in the horizon. That aside, as many know, the only true metal sub-genre, aside from death or black, to survive in the 90's was power metal. Yes sir, Hammerfall, Grave Digger, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth and so many others followed the Helloween/Iron Maiden/Dio formula to stay alive. This is where Marshall Law's 3rd album, the sci-fi-oriented "Metal Detector", comes into play. The Lawmen already had something of a power metal aesthetic to their tunes as it were already, but they took the sound up a notch or too for this release. However, congested with 13 songs, an artificial production and a lack of solid ideas, this is probably their weakest effort.The production is odd; kinda messy, but not intolerable. This is probably one of their clearest-sounding albums, but at the price of sounding very artificial and processed. The mixing is screwy too. Andy Pyke's charismatic vocals are ridiculously high in the mix, as is the solid, pounding bass of Roger Davis, which while kinda refreshing, still creates sound issues. Particularly when I swear his bass is higher than that of the riff-spewing duo of Andy Southwell and Dave Martin, who put on their usual good show of nice riffing and really solid solos, but it's almost for naught when their work gets drowned out a bit. Let's not forget this either; we now have a drum machine in place, adding further to the fakey production. Programmed by Roger Davis, it sounds natural enough but way too monotonous as you can imagine. I guess their were tired of picking up average drummers.The sci-fi ideas for the album was a pretty good one I thought, as it's a subject rarely touched upon in heavy metal. However when your album isn't flowing and consistent in its ideas, and without anything memorable to hook onto, it matters little in the end, right? That's a big issue with "Metal Detector". There's very few really memorable songs, and even when they are, they're only really average when compared to other more superior numbers in the group's discography. First off, let's throw the pointless intro and outro out the door right now; there's too damn much on this record as it is already. Most of the weakest stuff permeates the second half of the record. The punkish, weirdly groove metal "Feed The Need", the plodding "Addicted To Pain" (where Andy goes back and forth between sounding like Phil Anselmo and Ozzy !), the whiny, too-modern half-ballad "Seeds of Change" and so many others come and go, go, go, leaving either no impression at all, or at the very most a sense of sigh-inducing confusion. Some "stronger" numbers include the opener "Twisted This", a solid speed metal number with a hooky pre-chorus (the main chorus is pretty half-assed), mid-paced skull-crushers like "War" and the catchy, powerful "Swarm", and the crunchy "Meganoid" with its corny but fun lyrics.Overall, this is easily Marshall Law's weakest studio effort, and I'm pleased to say their next album would be much, much stronger. Here the songs rarely resonate, and when they do they're woefully average. There's also too damn many of them, and of course the lifeless, fake production and half-cocked mixing do "Metal Detector" no favors either. This is a pretty hard album to come by, and, unless you're die hard curious, I suggest leaving this inoffensive but plain album at that status.

Line Up:

Andy Pyke - Vocals (1987-1992, 1995-2010) - See also: ex-Damien, ex-Detroit, ex-Vicious Nature, ex-Viva, ex-Damage, Inc., ex-Hurt, ex-The Hood
Dave Martin - Guitars (1987-1992, 1995-2010) - See also: ex-ShadowLands
Andy Southwell - Guitars
Rog Davis - Bass
Mick Donovan - Drums

Production:

Licensed From – Neat Metal
Manufactured By – Pony Canyon Inc.
Liner Notes – 伊藤政則
Liner Notes [Lyrics Translated By] – Marie Nishimori

Tracklist:

01. Osmium 01:33 instrumental
02. Twisted This 03:55
03. War 03:31
04. Seek and You Shall Find 03:34
05. Swarm 03:48
06. Feed the Need 03:31
07. Devices 04:10
08. Addicted to the Pain 04:11
09. Empowerment 04:15
10. The Sands of Time 03:03
11. Meganoid 03:23
12. The Seeds of Change 04:03
13. Iridium 01:44 instrumental
14. Storming To Power (Japan Bonus Track)


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