Bright Lights Burnin' - Black Rose

Bright Lights Burnin' is a 15 track compilation album by Britsh heavy metal rockers from the North East. Unfortunately with the same name as King Diamond's first band but a few years later, Black Rose aren't overly well known. Anyone who says that all NWOBHM bands sound the same, clearly doesn't know what they are on about but it is true that a lot of the bands do have similar styles - some influenced by hard rock, some by punk, some by glam rock and some by Sabbath. Black Rose are quite a bit different from their contemporaries with a more American sound, a band which take on a sleazy trashy hair and glam metal sound, strongly influenced as admitted by ...  Read the complete review