#299/934
August 19 1985
Malice
In the Beginning
Genre: Power Metal
2.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Hell Rider
In a dying genre, if you don’t do something interesting or have the songs to back up the noodle chops you end up sounding like Malice.
I’m sure the record company tried to shoehorn them into MTV rotation but, there’s nothing here that Holland doesn’t do infinitely better. This sounds like the worst that Sabbath could come up with. Never Say Die, anyone?
What I mean is, the pieces are all there but nothing comes together and the songs are all by the numbers. Shrieking singer? Check. Chukka Chukka guitar? Yep. Soaring epics about overcoming some kind of mythological adversity? Yeah.
Is Allen asleep?
Yes.
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