NRG - Down To The Wire Ballsy Sleaze Metal with a touch of AC/DC.
WRATHCHILD - No Deposit No Return More upbeat, Party-Metal boosted w/ heavier moments and a speeded up The Sweet-hit-factor. Surprisingly great! (..and yes, it's the pre-WRATHCHILD AMERICA guys)
AKKUSED - New Generation Continuing in the same streetwise vein, but lacking in energy.
CRYER - Change The System Nasal Robert Plant backed up by boogie-rockin' "NWOBHM" gives us something very Diamond Head-like, no?
TOUCH - Smack Dab in The Middle *sigh* Sleazoid stuffs again, quite heavy & classy & all but this is getting tiresome...
Tracklist side B:
ALPHA - Number 1 A sturdy "Heavy Metal Mania" lead + Demon-style melodic break in the middle and we're back in NWOBHM-limbo.
RUN 21 - Baby, It's Your Face Annoying David Lee Roth-style party rock.
VICE - Y.O.U. "Rage.."-era Queensrÿche harmonies plus Ratt riffing makes for a rather odd yet forgettable mixture. Dunno if this is any of the album-releasing VICEs or not. It's definitely not the pre-THE KILL good ones.
STREET LEGAL - We Rest Our Case Pounding, headbanger-Hard Rock that's very hard not to enjoy, despite the stock lead riff.
VIOLATOR - Metal Machine Ha ha ha! Absolutely brilliant Oompa-Loompa Metal with freaky vocals and oddball chorus. A mix tape fave for sure.
PENETRATOR - Why Should We? Another song that benefits from not being as slick as its contenders. Good, heavy Hard Rock with identity