And I was just enjoying to the new CANNON-Metal Style out and around these days (German band I strangerly didn't know before, despite their previous releases), when I recalled THUNDERHEAD! Fu*king enjoyable metal. No extra shit, no virtuosism... just groovy sound, clichè-packed-but-funny lyrics, cool & screamy vocals and a-uhh rythms! In an era ruled by Helloween, it wan't easy to cut out a space for themselves, but they managed not to take compromises and mantained their style all the way through! Encyclpaedia Metallum epitomizes better than I could do (even if too shortly) their staus:
"After an unsuccessful audition with Victory (Ger), American vocalist Ted Bullet met ex-Viva (Ger) guitarist Henrik Wolter and ex-Talon (Ger) bassist Ole Hempleman in a Hanover bar, and with the addition of drummer Alex Scotti to complete this German- based band, recorded a demo that quickly prompted a contract with Intercord. Behind The Eight Ball was recorded when the band had hardly played a live date, but was a reasonable debut in a basic metal style similar to the Almighty's early work, and sold well on the German market as the group played with Victory and Uriah Heep in the USA and in the UK and Europe with Motörhead. Busted At The Border and Crime Pays followed in the traditional metal footsteps of the debut, although Thunderhead became a more cohesive band as a result of their live work, with more power metal overtones to their heavily guitar-based sound. They maintained their level of success in Germany, undoubtedly helped by their frontman's English vocals and outrageous onstage demeanour, but they remained a minor act in global terms."The two bricks I'm piling here are those I like at most: Killing with Style (1993), Were You Told The Truth About Hell (1995)! The sound is pretty American-like... but you'll feel that EXTRA kick & riffing that distinguish European metal from Whitesnake and other a-like sounding bands. Crush Course in Life, Thank you for Making me Suffer, Killing with Style... all are awesome heabanger tracks! Enjoy! Talking too much...!? Shit, happens...!
