PAUL DiANNO’s BATTLEZONE – Killers In The Battlezone 1986-2000 [Cherry Red 3CD remasters] (2022)
Hear No Evil / Cherry Red Records are releasing “Killers In The Battlezone 1986-2000“, 3CD Box Set of PAUL DiANNO’s BATTLEZONE including three classic albums from NWOBHM stalwart and former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno.
The Box includes his two mid-80s albums as Battlezone where DiAnno was joined by Tokyo Blade’s John Wiggins; “Fighting Back (1986)”, and “Children Of Madness (1987)”, plus a disc with his later band Killers, caught live in 2000. All digitally remastered.
Battlezone came about when Di’Anno joined forces with Tokyo Blade’s John Wiggins plus John Hurley from Deep Machine, both on lead guitar, with the line-up completed by Peter West on bass and Bob Falck on drums. Signing to Powerstation Records, they released ‘Fighting Back’ in 1986, produced with Ian Richardson. Then in 1987 they released ‘Children Of Madness’.
This “Killers In The Battlezone 1986-2000” is are a really welcomed release, as we have both ’80s albums remastered with a potent sound plus some hard to find bonus tracks…