BLOOD MONEY - Metalyzed Fast'n'rowdy VENOM/MOTÖRHEAD/JAGUAR-Speed + high, clear vocals a al Steve Grimmet = Ebony's finest signing.
HIGH VOLTAGE - End Of Time Rumoured to have been an American act and it sort of shows. Better than average musicianship, quite energy-packed and good fem vox but still pretty bland. BLACKLACE anyone?
CHARGER - Rock Yes indeed the Desperadoes 7"-act. Unpolished Priest-fastness.
MOTHER'S RUIN - Mother's Ruin Not the aor'ish 7"s+LP act but a heavier and much more bona-fide NWOBHM-sounding bunch. Great vocals and nice galloppy Maiden-guitars you'll wanna hear more of.
HELLRAZER - Made Of Metal Type-A NWOBHM rocker that won't leave too deep a footprint in Metal history. Same as 7" version.
RANSOM - Nightmare A Heavy Metal Warmachine-crunching, heavy-as-hell little gem right here, the only minor downside being the rather plain uncatchy chorus. att: fans of Leather Nunn and US Enforcer!
BAD REPUTATION - How Long Unless we're talking about some serious Geddy Lee-worship here, that's another girl on vocals, fronting americanized but good melodic mainstream Metal like something you'd hear on NRR's Ladykillers comp.
Tracklist side B:
TORQUE SHOW - The Hour Of The Slowest Clock Parts early Mötley/LA-sleeze "metal", parts significantly dirtier UK hard rock/sleaze.
STATE OF MIND - The Dream The vocals sound like a really hoarse broad singing and everything is all sloppy and out-of-tune, so yeah, maybe a suburbian all-girl Rock Goddes/Girlschool-wannabe act? Just guessin'..
RICHTER - Leather 'n Lace Fast, play-by-numbers NWOBHM a la SAVAGE, CHATEAUX and all those other bands Ebony used to sign for full-lenght LPs only a few years earlier.
DARK HEART - Stone Cold Hearted Doesn't sound the least bit like the "Shadows Of The Night" LP guys, rather like your average melodic/commercial US Metal act minus the good musicianship that usually comes with it.
HOLOSADE - Cries In The Night This on the other hand does sound a bit like DARK HEART, but mostly because they adopted DH-vocalist Phil Brown. A bit more commercial-sounding than their later LP and also quite forgettable.
S.E.X. - Overlord Of Rampant Rock Odd mix of ROGUE MALE and DEEP SWITCH with some neat, wiggly guitar bits. Really good for being pretty bad.
ACCRYL - Victims In Chains Plain but solid rocking HM w/ wailing vocals, similar to labelmates GRIM REAPER. By the sound of it, this is most likely the Swedish band also featured on the obscure Union, Bronx, Accryl, Blizzard 7" comp.