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After a tidal wave of positive reviews British Metal legend,Bitches Sin´s Ian Toomey, has gone it alone with the release of hisdebut solo album. For aficionados of the NWOBHM movement, themention of the name Ian Toomey won´t have you scratching your headin wonder. But for those of you whose knowledge of that period onlystretches as far as the kingpins such as Diamond Head, Iron Maidenand Tygers Of Pan Tang, let me tell you are in for a sumptuoustreat if this album falls in your lap. Back in the 80s Toomey andbrother Pete were unleashing their singular brand of Metal withCumbria´s Bitches Sin. Although not household names compared to theabove mentioned, they still to this day command a serious hardcorefollowing. Their main success peaked with the 1986 album Invaders,however further triumphs were hampered by gluts of line up changes.This album actually started life as a new Bitches Sin record, buteventually morphed itself into an Ian Toomey album, mainly due tothe personal content in the songs. If his intention was to straightaway lay down a statement of intent, opening track Almost AndAlways does the trick just nicely. Despite the sound check likestart, the song gradually grows muscle with its doom laden rhythm.And one listen to the chorus, you immediately feel your going toget something very special, but more importantly, somethingevidently unique. That is partly due to the role played bylegendary producer Chris Tsangarides. The man who has worked withacts as diverse as Judas Priest and Tom Jones has a longassociation with Toomey and Bitches Sin. Their close friendship hasblatantly brought out the best in Toomey´s song writing talents.Bad Blood has vocalist David A Mills singing for his life on atrack with more than a similarity to Bad Company´s Feel Like MakinLove. The fist pumping tempo binds perfectly with the highlyemotive chorus. The three and half minutes of chaotic brilliancethat is Superman has all the traits of traditional British HeavyMetal - power, melody and an unmistakable live feel. And it´s thatlive feel that´s flowing through this album. Tsangarides Midastouch of capturing the moment shows itself majestically on VerySoon Everyones Leaving. It was the reaction to this song´s releaseas a single that prompted Toomey to dip his toes in the solo arena.And if you thought no one could top Lynyrd Skynyrd´s guitar solo inFreebird, the barbaric fret assault in this track well and trulyputs the Southern legends whimpering in the corner. On Never Alone,the tasty riff acts as the perfect entrée before the throwbackgrandiose Metal finish. One of this albums major players. As MontyPython famously said: And now for something completely different.The elegant Survivor struts along with an arrogant Deep Southswagger, a song worlds apart from the previous bruisers. Thefunkadelic groove of Hedonistic Daze might not sound as spontaneousas the other tracks but hell, it don´t matter. This gem oozes classstart to finish, Mills performance is flawless and the Bonham likeskin beating by Steve Turton make for a complete humdinger. Thedoom vibes return with closing and title track, Ascension, a tunethat might require a hell of a lot of spins to truly warm to it.But the slack stagnant pulse eventually finds its way into yourhead, and believe me; it´s pretty hard to shift, and just for goodmeasure, a mind warping solo closes out the song and album inmenacing style. I´ll be brutally honest, this album won´t enableToomey to put an east wing onto his house. In fact, it probablywouldn´t enable him to purchase the planning permission sign buthis name and work with Bitches Sin will be rediscovered on the backof this release. And let me tell you, you´ll find it hard to findan album this year as genuine and with as much integrity asthis.

Track list:
1. Almost And Always
2. Bad Blood
3. Superman
4. Very Soon Everyones Leaving
5. Never Alone
6. Survivor
7. Hedonistic Daze
8. Ascension

Condition cover: mint / stil sealed

Condition cd: mint

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