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Dealer - First Strike



7 | 4 votes |
Release date: 1986
Style: Heavy metal, New wave of British heavy metal

Owners:

2 have it
1 wants it


01. When Midnight Comes
02. Victim Of The Night
03. Son Of A Bitch
04. Epitaph
05. Choose Your Weapon
06. Bring The Walls Down
07. Final Conflict:
    1 - Prologue
    2 - Conflict
    3 - Genocide
08. Better Things To Do [2014 bonus]
09. Bring The Walls Down [2014 bonus]
10. Lap Of The Gods [2014 bonus]
11. At Your Mercy [2014 bonus]


Comments

Comments: 3   Visited by: 11 users
10.03.2023 - 22:58
Rating: 6
オッサン オッさん
Steelemeister
Just another record, but you know what? It has been done better. BAM, so I don't value this too much. Maybe this would've been important in the early 80s, afterwards it feels kind of beating a dead horse, it was too late.
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26.02.2024 - 14:54
Rating: 7
Redel
Moderator
Written by オッサン オッさん on 10.03.2023 at 22:58

Just another record, but you know what? It has been done better. BAM, so I don't value this too much. Maybe this would've been important in the early 80s, afterwards it feels kind of beating a dead horse, it was too late.

Hah! Rating some classic Jope of Steel material higher than Jope himself. Didnt think this day would ever come.
And what is his problem with the album? It has been released a couple of years too late. Come on....


This is a good album. It would indeed perfectly fit in the early 80s NWOBHM. Nothing overly original, but neat.
The closer is of course epic. Still my highlight I guess is Epitaph.
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11.05.2024 - 10:34
Rating: 6
オッサン オッさん
Steelemeister
Written by Redel on 26.02.2024 at 14:54

Hah! Rating some classic Jope of Steel material higher than Jope himself. Didnt think this day would ever come.


Must be one of the few times, indeed.

Written by Redel on 26.02.2024 at 14:54

And what is his problem with the album? It has been released a couple of years too late. Come on....

This is a good album. It would indeed perfectly fit in the early 80s NWOBHM. Nothing overly original, but neat.
The closer is of course epic. Still my highlight I guess is Epitaph.


Tbh no problem, I generally don't see it as better than average and it doesn't compete with many of the albums from this era from UK. Songwriting and music are alright, but not exactly impressive and I don't find the vocalist very good either. I think I also was listening to some other really strong albums during the time I wrote the comment and some of them stood out as clearly better and some worse, so the comparison may've effected some there.
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