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Rating: Malice and melody blend in this beautiful "Red Hot And Heavy," the debut album by Pretty Maids, a semi-unknown Danish group that has not been rightfully appreciated by critics and users on DeBaser (there’s no review of the band on this server).
The origin of this group might lead many to think of a Viking or black metal proposition, but in reality, that's not the case: Pretty Maids actually offer a sound that's halfway between classic heavy metal and hard rock. The guitar riffs and drum accompaniment are fast and engaging, and the musicians exhibit good technical skills. The singer Ronnie Atkins has a versatile vocal tone: very powerful and aggressive but also melodic in the choruses of the various songs or in some less aggressive tracks like "Waitin' For The Time", a track almost hair metal and certainly not easy to interpret but very well executed. No track, apart from the one already mentioned, is boring or predictable; my favorites are these: "Back To Back" the opening track, introduced by a short piece from Carmina Burana, which is, in my opinion, the best track on the album; the title track, an aggressive song that follows the style of the previous one, then also "Cold Killer", "Night Danger" and "A Place In The Night". The album concludes with "Little Darling", a cover of Thin Lizzy, presented here in a harder, and I believe better, version than the original.
As far as I'm concerned, the album doesn't deserve five stars due to its short duration (36 minutes), and overall it's not a masterpiece, but I still recommend it to everyone. It deserves it, it contains no failed tracks and is certainly on par with other metal classics considered among the best.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Back to Back (03:34)
Ride
They came at dawn
into the morning light
black shadows ridin' on the mist
prepared for battle
swords were shinin' bright
filled with anger and harm
came to kill not to charm
The sound of metal
screamin' in the air
the time has come where justice rules
the endless victims
looking up in fear
now who were the fools
[Chorus:]
Oh here they come
riders of the sun
and they will fight
back to back - back to back
They're fighting hard
their way of victory
dead bodies lying on the ground
they are the soldiers of eternity
and their swords spinnin' around
[Chorus]
They're fightin' with power, ready to ride let go
[Solo]
They got it all
they'll never fall
but they will fight
The night is fallin'
light will disappear
a magic silence fills the place
could read the warning
shinin' crystal clear
now they were lost for the chase
[Chorus]
No - no - no - no
03 Red, Hot and Heavy (03:58)
Don't try to talk to your mother
she won't understand
she says you're crazy, boy you're runnig wild
don't try to talk to your father
he won't give a damn
saying you're lazy and a problem child
You've got to be strong
if you will survive, stay alive
Well they can kick they can beat
knock us down to the ground
but we will rise and we will march again
cause we are the heat, we are the sound
of rolling thunder in the yeah
And so we are here
and we won't give up, we won't stop
[Chorus:]
Red hot and heavy - the way it's gonna be
Red hot and heavy - now don't you see
Red hot and heavy - we're bringin' you down
so touch the ground
You know the big revolution
it's gonna be so
out in the streets we're gonna shout it out
you know the final solution
it's rock'n roll
that's what we need and we will keep it loud
And so we are here
for a night on town
rock this city down
[Chorus]
[Solo]
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