Samson - Shock Tactics
#206
May 1981
Samson
Shock Tactics
Genre: Metal
4.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Nice Girl
Go to Hell
Bright Lights
Grime Crime
Couple quick notes before we dig in.
This is the last Samson record with Bruce Dickinson before he joined Iron Maiden. Okie doke.
Of more interest to me is that Russ Ballard wrote the first track. And we all know that Russ was part of Argent, which was a descendent of The Zombies which now makes a through line, for me, of late 60’s psychedelic rock to modern day devil horn metal obvious.
“Riding with the Angels” is a driving Thin Lizzy kind of track, with Dickinson’s Coverdale-esque vocals.
The album is a NWOBHM boogie metal fest. At times you can imagine Dickinson fronting a much harder edged ZZ Top (“Grime Crime”).
“Bright Lights” reminds me of “Run to the Hills” in very good way.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/shock-tactics-bonus-track-edition/1143219486
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