OZ-FIRE IN THE BRAIN-

As the great year of 1983 evolved some of the best hard/heavy/ rock records ever, there were a few under the radar albums that only later, would become recognized as true hard gold nuggets of its genre.This outfit origins from Finland but relocated to Sweden during this release.

A true contender of the most iconic album of the early years of Scandinavian hard/heavy/psych/prog rock, together with both Heavy Load and Mercyful Fate, this one´s a winner with it´s broad and fantastic production with excellent songs and  that magic touch of heavy/hard rock, with a terrific seasoning, and a bit of Psych and prog ingredient. A true rock record all to the Finnish line.. 🙂

The vocals by Ape De Martini just blends terrific together with the twin guitar overdubs in a great distuned and agressive serious way of playing. The songs got a big influence by UK heavy /hard rock school but the personal impact saves the day in a wonderful way. This is something to refer to later in life but, you must spin this record a few times on the turntable to appreciate it´s grand light on the heavy/hard rock path of history. Standout tunes in my book would be “Fire in the Brain” “Fortune” and “Gambler”. Familiar tracks but nothing you can place in time nor space..Just Awesome timeless tunes.. 🙂

Whatabout the drummer, Mark Ruffneck (aka Pekka Mark)?? This is a selfthought powertrain with no what so ever dynamics. The striking is like a boxing game and the impact is furious with great determination and superb drive. In my opinion this is how a Hard/heavy metal drummer should deliver his persona!! I Love it!! The technical side of things maybe not send shivers down your spine but thats not case here, so I would let that pass with no further notice… 🙂

This a must have piece of Hard/heavy/psych/prog album and it while give you a terrific time of great resemblence towards later acts of the genre. A coll thing is that this is one of  those albums you can listen to in quit and peace and at  Heavyrock beerfueled gathering at full blast volume. Few albums can match that and just to know that the album cover contains one of Hard rocks best kept secrets, the bloody fist of a burning skull belonging to the mysterious Bathory front man Thomas Forsberg (RIP)….is JUST plain cool… 🙂

VINYLRATING/GRADE

-7-VERY GOOD!- GAME,SET AND MATCH-