DESOLATION ANGELS – Burning Black (2022)
The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal is the gift that keeps on giving. While everyone and their dog knows Iron Maiden, Saxon and Def Leppard, the movement contained so many quality bands that the deeper one digs, the more gems they find.
DESOLATION ANGELS have a particularly interesting history. Starting up in a London scene which also featured the likes of Angel Witch and the aforementioned Maiden, the band had the chance to record their self-titled, cult album, in 1986, a bit too late from the NWoBHM explosion years. Then they moved to the United States in 1987 to try their luck across the pond. They would call it a day in 1994 but it’s very hard to keep the spirit of heavy metal down and so in 2012, guitarist Robin Brancher and Keith Sharp resurrected the band, eventually releasing the album, ‘King’ independently in 2017, poorly distributed.
Marching on with vigour and determination, the band now find themselves signed to Dissonance Records and with a new album, “Burning Black“, recorded at the studios of the late, recently disappeared Grim Reaper vocalist Steve Grimmett, who also helped the band to recapture the classic ’80s sound…
