Weapon UK - Rising From The Ashes.

A very apt title for an album befitting the turbulent career of UK veteran NWOBHM stalwarts Weapon UK. In an ideal world I would be able to call them by their original name Weapon, which is what they were known as when I first saw them support Motorhead in 1980 but just as they wereA very apt title for an album befitting the turbulent career of UK veteran NWOBHM stalwarts Weapon UK. In an ideal world I would be able to call them by their original name Weapon, which is what they were known as when I first saw them support Motorhead in 1980 but just as they were about to release Rising From The Ashes, an American band of the same name demanded them to change it so Weapon UK it came to be. Ironically they formed after Weapon UK and have now split up! So after a lengthy hiatus, Rising From The Ashes has now been released and has certainly been worth waiting for with 11 tracks of melodic hard rock/metal and a bonus track featuring the original line up. The band produced the album themselves and have given it a very raw, live feel with the choruses sounding big and the hooks are in your face akin to a more ballsy Def Leppard. The NWOBHM threw up a melting pot of different styles and Weapon UK always had a sense of melody underpinning the big riffs. The album begins with 'Prelude (The Awakening), a call to battle type atmospheric intro to [...]

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