Metal Rendez-Vous

by Krokus

Metal Rendez-Vous cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: Ariola
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Length: 43:06
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Krokus' 'Metal Rendez-Vous' marked the Swiss band's international breakthrough and a turn toward a more direct hard rock and heavy metal sound. The album's riff-heavy style and boogie-rock energy helped establish the group beyond its domestic progressive-rock beginnings.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, pastiche

Tracklist

  1. Heatstrokes (4:00)
  2. Bedside Radio (3:18)
  3. Come On (4:23)
  4. Streamer (6:38)
  5. Shy Kid (2:30)
  6. Tokyo Nights (5:51)
  7. Lady Double Dealer (3:12)
  8. Fire (6:02)
  9. No Way (4:00)
  10. Back-Seat Rock 'N' Roll (3:12)

Credits

  • Chris Von Rohr - bass [bass player], vocals [singer], written-by
  • Paul Grau - cover [made the powerful cover]
  • Freddy Steady - drums [drummer], vocals [singer]
  • Fernando Von Arb - guitar [guitar player], vocals [singer], written-by
  • Tommy Kiefer - guitar [guitar player], vocals [singer]
  • Rico Sonderegger - lacquer cut by
  • Marc Storace - vocals [singer]

More from Krokus: full discography