#173
July 1984
Metal Church
Metal Church
4.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Beyond the Black
Metal Church
Battalions
Before Seattle was the birthplace of grunge rock, out sprawled this metal quintet to melt our brains. Almost as a corollary to the coming nu-metal of Metallica and Slayer, but in absolute concert with them, Metal Church owes much to Priest and Sabbath and all that came before but it’s not as ridiculous as Venom or Witchfinder General or Warlock or any of those. There’s also no glam in this metal. They are definitely trying to bring forth some sort of demon. There is no metal, only Zuul. And he resides in the metal church.
This album is relentless in its attack and in it’s energy. It doesn’t let up, even for a momentary metal ballad. There’s no balladeering in this church.
This album is fire. Their cover of “Highway Star” is the weakest part of the record. Fortunately they plop it on the end and when it comes on you can just turn the record over and go back to the shredding.
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