Tokyo Blade

by Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 October 1983
  • Label: Powerstation
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.42/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Kevin Nixon, Malc

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A quintessential entry in the new wave of British heavy metal, the debut album showcases harmonized lead guitars and anthemic, galloping rhythms. The energetic delivery and fantasy-themed lyricism encapsulate the genre's foundational aesthetics before the global dominance of glam and thrash.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Powergame
  2. Break The Chains
  3. If Heaven Is Hell
  4. On Through The Night
  5. Killer City
  6. Liar
  7. Tonight
  8. Sunrise In Tokyo
  9. Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia

Credits

  • Tokyo Blade - primary artist
  • Charlie Daykin - artwork
  • Brian Shepherd - cover [front cover]
  • Porky - lacquer cut by
  • Alan Marsh - written-by
  • Andy Boulton - written-by
  • John Wiggins - written-by
  • Russ Ballard - written-by

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