QUARTZ – On The Edge Of No Tomorrow (2022)
Hear No Evil / Cherry Red Records are releasing a wonderful album; “On The Edge Of No Tomorrow” the final album from legendary NWOBHM-influencing act QUARTZ. Featuring founder Quartz members Mick Hopkins, Derek Arnold, Malcolm Cope and the late Geoff Nicholls, with vocals from Geoff Bate and Dave Garner, “On The Edge Of No Tomorrow” includes the final songs & recordings from Black Sabbath keyboard player Geoff Nicholls who passed away in 2017.
The significance, relevance and importance of this album cannot be simply measured in just terms of music, because it’s so much more than that. The band hope that this will give the listener an insight into the amount of work, under some extreme difficulties and associated emotional feelings involved, in the completion and the eagerly anticipated release of their latest studio album that both honors and pays tribute to Geoff Nicholls’ legacy.
These songs / recordings were almost a decade in the making, crafted with a style/sound inspired in the ’80s. And as special guest we find ex Sabbath’s vocalist Tony Martin…