Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Attila - "Rolling Thunder" [1986]

Artist: Attila
Title: Rolling Thunder
Genre: Heavy Metal
Country: USA
Release date: 1986

Track List:
  1. Turn Up The Power
  2. Urban Commandos
  3. March Of Kings
  4. Defcon 1
  5. Thermonuclear Warrior
  6. Rolling Thunder
  7. Wild
  8. School's Out (Alice Cooper cover)
  9. Chains Around Heaven
  10. Tryst
Attila were a 3-piece band from NY, formed in 1983 and released only one album in 1986. You can easily guess the main lyrical themes of this album - post-apocalypse, nuclear warfare and the general atmosphere of permanent fear in the times of Cold War - by just looking at the album cover and the song titles. Will, these times are long gone, but I still remember how it was in the late 80's-early 90's; moreover, I'm generally interested in post-nuclear/post-apocalyptic art, so I couldn't just get past this album. The music is somewhat simplistic, but it isn't a big flaw, and it's quite expected from a debut album of a band which had only 3 members. My personal favourite track is "March Of Kings".

2 comments:

  1. Got the album this morning, it's oke and reminds me bit of early Helloween from Germany.

    Koes from Holland

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  2. friend of mine was looking for this album...thanks for sharing!
    greetings from switzerland

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