ROD SACRED and SWORDS (Italy)

[DaN]

Even more Italian Steel recently reviewed. Not as remarkable as AES or TEGEN HART imho, but it's decent trad. HM that I'm sure someone out there would enjoy (SWORDS review / ROD SACRED review)

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I don't think the RS rip is mine and the source in long forgotten. Creds to whomever feels guilty..

[Ernest Thesiger]

Who's this Rod fella?

Thanks!

[bigfootkit]

A belated thank you for the Swords upload.
I've only just got round to giving it a proper listen over this last week, and i enjoyed it more than i thought i might from reading your review. Not that you weren't entirely accurate in dissecting the records pros & cons, i think i was just generally a bit more forgiving of some of the cheesier elements, although 'Scorpion Woman' did sorely test my patience.
I found 'Lady's Waiting For Me' a bit of an odd inclusion, but after a few plays i think there's actually a half-decent Thin Lizzy-esque power ballad lurking beneath the weak vocal & thin production.
(My notion of a vague Lizzy influence is, i think, somewhat bourne out by the Lynott-copping 'Baby-Baby-Buh-Buh-Buh-Baybee' vocal line on their contibution to your latest 'Veterans Of The Various Wars' comp).
A deficit between their ambition & execution for sure, but overall an interesting listen nonetheless.