Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares - Vinyle Jaune Neon

Description

This compilation, along with its cover art, immediately sets the tone: sensitive souls, beware! What we have here is a collection of unknown bands, whose lifespans were very brief, but who contributed significantly to the shaping of metal. We tend to believe—mistakenly—that the foundations of heavy metal were laid by Blue Cheer's famous Vincebus Eruptum and especially Black Sabbath with their first 5 albums. The contribution of the latter is undeniable, but they are just the tip of the iceberg! Many bands around the world, from the late 60s, were creating music based on heavy guitars, gravelly vocals, and aggressive rhythm sections... Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath was certainly a magician, but his riffs didn't come from nowhere. By listening to this excellent compilation—musically speaking, but also due to the research work of its initiators—and by flipping through the booklet, we can put names and faces to all these unknown (and mostly deceased) soldiers. The first soldiers of metal, a true foreign legion! The Portuguese Xarhanga, the Austrian Novak's Kapelle, the German Gift or Acid, the English Brass Alley or Sardonicus, the American Whistler's Mother, Supa Chief, TNS, Mass Temper, Goliath, Bulbous Creation, Ritual, or Gollum.