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Classic NWOBHM Anthology

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 03/17/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you're a fan of the celebrated New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement, you have to love what the Castle/Sanctuary label has done to bring the most obscure NWOBHM bands' material back to life. One of These Days - the Trespass Anthology is a perfect example. Here is a band that, aside from an appearance on the Metal for Muthas II album, never really made the kind of impact that bands like Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Saxon, and Motorhead did on the scene. Trespass wasn't as pop-oriented as Def Leppard, as powerful as Priest and Maiden, or as gritty as Motorhead, and their straightforward hard rock style probably wouldn't be classified as metal by today's standards. Still, the band's White Sprit meets Demon sound definitely rocked, and they did play a role in one of metal's most influential scenes.



The good folks at Sanctuary have painstakingly compiled the available Trespass recordings, cleaned up the sound considerably, and provided NWOBHM fans another must-have 2-disc anthology. You get all of the band's studio material (previously collected separately as The Works and the Works II), plus previously unreleased BBC sessions, all digitally remastered, plus extensive liner notes, all for just a little more than the price of a single CD. Like all of the Sanctuary NWOBHM anthologies, it is well worth checking out, whether you're a die hard fan of that scene or you're just interested in checking out an overlooked piece of metal's history.

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