format: 7"
year: 1992
country: USA
label: Private
#: [tba]
info: Red Vinyl Testpressing without PS
style: Power Metal
Tracks
Tricks Of The Trade
Bring It Back
Never The Less
Trolls
Recently found this testpressing in Germany which was quite confusing because the band originally hails from California and all 4 trax appear on their debut demo as well. The label had a GEMA stamp and it says produced by "F. Denckert-Stechmann" which is a German name. Why was it pressed in Germany? For what reason? Initialized by a German label?? For those who don't know the demo, SALIENT do play solid ballsy Power Metal with slightly thrashy edge, especially on "Trolls", a rough instrumental number. I think the singer doesn't fit 100 % to their style and indeed as soon as he's starting singing his parts the power in places is urgently missed. On the other hand a song like "Never the less" is quite entertaining. Don't wanna mock too much, every US Power Metal specialist will like this without a question! I've googled a bit but didn't came across any matches and I myself never saw this EP before. Goat knows how much were pressed, if it's the usual amount of testpressings (5-10) then it must be one of the rarest pieces of steel in this galaxy (Did anyone ever dream about a record of a Metal band from Mars??) that even deserves a "6" as rating.