MIDNIGHT DARKNESS HOLDING THE NIGHT 1985 ORIGINAL PRESS W/ INSERT NEW / MINT
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DOMESTIC SHIPPING $ 5 PLUS $ 2 EACH ADDITIONAL DISC . INTERNATIONAL IS $ 20 PLUS $ 6 EACH ADDITIONAL DISC. SORRY BUT RATES WENT UP ON 5/31 . ACTUAL SHIPPING ONE RECORD OVERSEA COST ME ABOUT $ 25 MINIMUM POSTAGE $20 PLUS PAYPAL FEE ON SHIPPING PLUS EBAY FEE ON SHIPPING AND NEW PACKAGING WHICH IS ABOUT $ 3.00. To sum up this lost German band, I can offer only that it's somewhere between the Scorpions and Accept, with the vocals reminiscent of a Klaus Meine the record has that good old 'climbing the walls' feel to it which one could only ask of most mid-80s metal that was not blazing a path of ambition or obscurity, but helping cement the status quo. Midnight Darkness chug a little harder than the next band, the tones of the album are thick and welcome, the drums hammering along like a garbage truck out of Hell, and one certainly feels the prototypical spine tingling force of the power metal genre running an undercurrent through their underpants.No, Holding the Night has no other purpose but to kick your ass firmly with an iron boot, and it does so with a savage grin across its ugly face. A good old pumping bass-line is joined with down pitched, corny narration about the world of '1985' and the joy ride we're about to be taken on, lending credence that we might be in for something akin to Helloween. Alas, that's not quite the case when the guitars erupt and it's pretty much pure Judas Priest/Accept worship with Reuter's shrill indoctrinations that thankfully cede to a respectable level. The chorus might not be superb, but it carries the momentum of the verse well and wets the space between the legs in anticipation for whatever could be next on the midnight agenda, which it turns out is the even harder driving "Line Fire". Once again this channels Accept, and in fact it feels like a missing track that the Germans might have recorded with Klaus Meine on guest vocals with an occasional Peavy Wagner (Rage) nasal shriek. That said, a pretty fun recording. Copies of this are not dropping out of the sky and pretty much go for over $ 40. if you can find them
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