Tygers of Pan Tang
Wild Cat

A metallic wave invades England in the very early '80s, among the many talented bands of the N.W.O.B.H.M., it is impossible not to mention the Tygers and this electrifying debut of 1980. The album is violent and corrosive, with fast-paced strokes and guitar passages that (even in a metal key) echo the massive and boozy hard rock of AC/DC. Jess Cox's abrasive and raw voice perfectly matches the album's sound, which is raw, dirty, and wild.

Here, the songs speak for themselves: "Killers", "Wild Catz", "Fireclown", and the opener "Euthanasia" are true manifestos of how heavy metal was understood in those years, a vicious and brash attack without frills and with a raw and dirty production. There is no slowing down until the final track, "Insanity", a mad gallop supported by tight, powerful, and original riffs that halts in a flood of laughter and snarling sinister verses. This album is truly a mandatory step for every enthusiast of these vintage metal sounds, so real and angry, filthy and streetwise, things that most of today's bands can only envy from the old guard groups, today's bands that are lackluster and devoid of even a gram of energy and rage, energy and rage that overflow from this first album by Tygers Of Pan Tang, who, unfortunately, would never again create albums to match this "Wild Cat".