Angel Witch - Angel Witch

Angel Witch's self-titled debut was the only notable album the unstable cockney outfit would ever produce, but has the distinction of being one of the definitive albums of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal that enjoyed brief popularity in the early eighties, deemed to be led by bands as diverse as Judas Priest, Motörhead, Iron Maiden and Saxon. Angel Witch are a less significant but still important offering to that devilish dish, and I much prefer this heavy album of dark themes to the bike and 'Sixth Form Girls' themes that made Saxon that much more popular. These ten songs have been supplemented on more recent re-releases by additional material from E.P.s ...