Court In The Act

Switching gears to a genre that will be feature again later this week, it's time for some old NWOBHM. This is one of those hidden gems buried in the avalanche of old NWOBHM bands. The UK band had formed in 79 and by 81 had released a demo. By the time they released their first LP 'Court In The Act', the band had gone through two different vocalists before finding Brian Ross. Released in 83 by the NWOBHM label Neat Records, 'Court In The Act' was a solid metal release. The mix of Brian's unique vocal styling coupled with a traditional metal attack, Satan soon made a name for themselves in the metal scene. However the band would give Ross the boot after the album and continue on making another record under the Satan name before changing the band name twice, before reuniting with Ross in 05 under the classic Satan name. All wasn't lost with Ross though. Several members went on to form the band Blitzkrieg, which released some stellar records and had the pleasure of becoming somewhat of a household name thanks to Metallica covering them in the early days. This album is a gem though and worth grabbing.

I got into Satan in a roundabout way. I had become familiar with Blitzkrieg and really enjoyed their albums. Of course I found Blitzkrieg through Metallica's cover of 'Blitzkrieg'. Satan for me seemed like the early stages of Blitzkrieg and the band just got better over time. Lot of people seem to forget about Satan and what a great album 'Court In The Act' really is. There were so many NWOBHM bands that were around sometimes you just had to weed through all the crap in order to find the really good stuff.

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