"The Nightcomers"

1. "Smokin Valves" (3:42)
2. "Death or Glory" (3:36)
3. "Come on Back" (3:05)
4. "Mavrock" (5:23)
5. "It Don't Matter to Me" (3:14)
6. "Cryin' Shame" (3:10)
7. "Heavy Metal Mania" (4:50)
8. "Push it Around" (3:59)
9. "The Nightcomers" (6:13)

This is one of those enormously influential NWOBHM bands that is best known for their song "The Small Hours" being covered by Metallica (although the original never got released on any album that I can find...it does appear on the compilation/tribute Metallic Era, however.) The sound is full of big fat riffs, true down-and-dirty rock and roll. Definitely recommended if you can find it. But try and find the reissue with 3 bonus tracks...I thought that was the only version on CD, so I was surprised to get this disc in a trade that only has the original 9 tracks...oh well, live and learn.

There's a follow-up album from the NWOBHM era, No Man's Land, which I have on tape but it was never released on CD as far as I can tell...the band later reunited in the late 90's, as so many bands do, and put out some new material, but I couldn't tell you if it's any good or not...

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