Audio CD review:
Samson - Shock Tactics

Samson - Shock Tactics

Band: Samson Title: Shock Tactics Rating: Release Date: 01 July, 1991 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Riding With the Angels 2: Earth Mother 3: Nice Girl 4: Blood Lust 5: Go to Hell 6: Bright Lights 7: Once Bitten 8: Grime Crime 9: Communion

Customer Review Classic NWOBHM album It might be tempting to write off Samson as just a stepping stone in Dickinson's career, but to do so means overlooking one of the legendary NWOBHM movement's more interesting bands. Originally released in 1981, Shock Tactics was the third album from New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) mainstays Samson, and the last to feature vocalist "Bruce Bruce", who as Bruce Dickinson would go on to join Iron Maiden and pretty much take over the entire heavy metal world. Samson's sound was more rooted in blues-based rock than most of their peers, so if you can imagine Bruce Dickinson fronting Whitesnake you'll get a general idea of what the band's sound - particularly on Shock Tactics - is all about. It's bluesy, but it's undeniably a heavy metal album, complete with the energy and intensity that so characterized the NWOBHM scene. Between Paul Samson's guitar work and Dickinson's - sorry, Bruce's - trademark vocals (which were anything but rough), this album has plenty to offer. It's a well-written and well-executed album, and a great example of just what the NWOBHM scene had to offer. Despite some of the negative reviews I've seen here, I think Shock Tactics is a fine album that should appeal to NWOBHM fans as well as those who follow Dickinson's career, both solo and with Iron Maiden. . You can see a complete list of all Samson discography, or go back to the Samson tabs