American white metal from Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Similar in style to Mötley Crüe and Skid Row. Band members went on to form Steelheart and Pyn Siren.

RAGE OF ANGELS (1989) REGENCY/R.E.X.

I bought this album as a new release, on vinyl. But soon after the purchase, the Christian mail-order company I bought it from, withdrew sales of this album. The reason being that this band was supposedly not a Christian band, and that they had only written Christian lyrics to score a record deal! I was truly glad to have secured a copy, as this might become a hot item in time. Then a couple of months later, the rumors turned out to be false, and the album was once again put out for sale. I don't know what this was all about, but I do know that Rage Of Angels had some problems. Both with the record-company (it was originally going to be released on R.E.X., but ended up at Regency), then it was the producer (the liner-notes say Doug Mann, but the truth is that the Elefante brothers stepped in last minute, without being credited for it). So this debut album became the bands debut and swansong in one. Rage Of Angels had some really good songs, and any hair-metal fan should own this disc. Back in the late 80's, this was the metal-style that was gaining the most popularity. I always thought they had some pretty lame lyrics, and certainly song-titles. Still, I was glad when I found a CD-copy in a used CD-store, because the songs I do like, I really like! And today this CD is out of print.

Killer tracks: Do You Still Believe In Love, Leave You Or Forsake You

Rage Of Angels also appear on:  

V/A - 'East Coast Metal'

V/A - 'Heavy Righteous Metal'

V/A - 'Metal Mission - The Sampler'

V/A - 'Classic Metal'

Related artists:

Steelheart, Pyn Siren