No Bros - Heavy Metal Party

There are some bands that dared in the past to release their first album as a live one. We could name some, and one of the best bands to do so is the Austrian quintet No Bros. Back in February 1982/ Their first album was a live one, called "Heavy Metal Party", and it's reissued here, for our enjoyment. The band followed the 70's Hard'n'Heavy way, and their work reminds us a little of elegant bands with a bluesy feeling like older URIAH HEEP or DEEP PURPLE, with the musical weight from BLUE ÖYSTER CULT. But don't get the wrong idea: they're a true old school band, so they have a great and strong personality pulsing in their music. In a live album, we can feel their energy clearly: presenting great vocals, very good guitars, keyboards giving elegant, good flavor to their music, and a heavy rhythmic sound. It's extremely pleasant to listen to! In this reissue, we have the same songs from the original release along with some bootleg stuff. No Bros. Are having their best moments on "Holiday with HH", "Heavy Metal Party", and the charming "Good Morning Sir". But to hear songs like "We Are Stronger", with it's heavy paced times, or "Reggae", is a great pleasure, and that make us think that if these guys were from England on these times, maybe the outcome from NWOBHM would be a bit different.