Power of the Hunter
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Publication |
1982 |
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June / July 1982 |
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| Label (s) | Kamaflage Records, DJM Records, Metronome, CNR | |||
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LP |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
40:24 |
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Nigel Gray |
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Studio (s) |
Surrey Sound Studios |
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Power of the Hunter is the second studio album by the new wave of British heavy metal band Tank . It was released in late 1982, a few months after the debut album Filth Hounds of Hades .
Power of the Hunter follows the style of its predecessor, but is sometimes more reserved. Neither the album nor the released single were particularly successful.
Emergence
The album was recorded at Surrey Sound Studios in June and July 1982. Nigel Gray was the producer and sound engineer and Jim Ebdon was the assistant sound engineer. Power of the Hunter was released in late 1982 when the band was on tour of the UK, supporting Diamond Head .
Track list
- Walking Barefoot over Glass - 5:31 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- Pure Hatred - 3:51 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- Biting and Scratching - 4:41 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- Some Came Running - 3:03 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- TANK - 3:51 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- Used Leather (Hanging Loose) - 4:21 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- Crazy Horses - 2:52 ( A. Osmond / W. Osmond / M. Osmond )
- Set Your Back on Fire - 3:57 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- Red Skull Rock - 4:07 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
- Power of the Hunter - 4:10 (Brabbs / Brabbs / Ward)
Music genre
Stylistically, Power of the Hunter is similar to the debut album Filth Hounds of Hades , but has been described as reserved. Partly the band is getting closer to hard rock ; accordingly Set Your Back on Fire was compared to Kiss and the solo in Pure Hatred to the style of Ritchie Blackmore . Songs like Biting and Scratching , Some Came Running and Used Leather (Hanging Loose) are also reminiscent of the British pub rock of the 1970s.
Reviews
According to Manfred Kerschke, Power of the Hunter is “[not] a bad record, but the highlights are missing”. According to Malc Macmillan, it's very similar to the debut, but not as intense and overwhelming as this one. A part of the material seems a bit too cautious with the danger of sinking into mediocre hard rock territory, but the band has reached top form with compositions like Walking Barefoot over Glass , TANK and the cover Crazy Horses .
Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia described the album as " sounding astonishingly reserved and civilized" after the "destructive debut" Filth Hounds of Hades . However, with the instrumental TANK , Red Skull Rock and the theme song , the band has almost reached its former strength. He described Set Your Back on Fire as "ridiculously titled" and sounding like a second-rate version of Kiss; Pure Hatred is misleadingly titled, and Peter Brabbs tries to imitate Ritchie Blackmore while soloing. With songs like Biting and Scratching , Some Came Running and Used Leather (Hanging Loose) , the band has developed back from their late 1970s punk roots to pub rock. Power of the Hunter is still not a total disaster, but he called it a "sonic emasculation process ", which is why the album sold half as well as the debut album.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g tank . In: Malc Macmillan: The NWOBHM Encyclopedia . Berlin: IP Verlag Jeske / Mader GbR 2012, p. 609.
- ↑ HISTORY of TANK-legendary of the NWOBHM band , accessed April 16, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d Eduardo Rivadavia: Power of the Hunter - Tank , accessed April 16, 2013.
- ↑ Manfred Kerschke: Tank . In: Matthias Mader, Otger Jeske, Manfred Kerschke: NWOBHM: New Wave of British Heavy Metal . The Glory Days . Berlin: Iron Pages 1995, p. 143.