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Coming late to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene was a band called Satan, who (while not actually very Satanic, lyric-wise) bridged the gap between Iron Maidenish NWOBHM and thrash, with intense rhythms, dynamic vocals, and great dual guitars. For their second release, they got a new singer, went for a more radio-friendly metal sound, and changed the name to Blind Fury - which is this release. While not as metal as the Satan albums it falls between (they went back to their old name for the next one), this is still a pretty good metal album. The singer kind of reminds me of someone (Geoff Tate, maybe?) and is a bit of a change from the more metal-edged vocalists of Satan, and the lyrics are a little less intense (singing about rock-and-rollin' instead of violence and injustice), so the band name change kind of makes sense. That said, this is still more metal than bands like Diamond Head and Def Leppard became a few albums into their career - it's not glam metal or rock, it's still proper 80s metal. Overall, I found I really enjoy this album, and it's more readily available than the two 80s albums the band put out as Satan (or the three they released as Pariah), so it's worth adding to your 80s metal collection. If you really want to hear these guys tear it up, though, I'd highly recommend the ones under their original band name - the new album "Life Sentence" is easily available at a good price, and it's fantastic, and the other two ("Court in the Act" and "Suspended Sentence") are worth seeking out. Also to note, "Out of Reach" has had several releases - the jewel case lacks the 3 bonus tracks, but one (maybe both) of the later ones come in oversized digipaks.