Leírás
NWOBHM, Heavy Metal, Prog Metal, British Heavy Metal, 1985-ös album.
Remaszterizált Limited edition IBOLYA színű bakelit lemez LP újra kiadás, 2024.
Omega were around for a few years in the 1980s as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal took off. Their sole album – the Prophet – has had the High Roller Records treatment getting a re-issue with their familiar format of a slipcase containing the jewel case, booklet and a mini-poster of the artwork. Now, Omega were somewhat different to many of their contemporaries. The Prophet being varied and ambitious in terms of scope, style, composition and variation. On this re-issue we have the album and the Alpha demo as bonus tracks.
Sadly for the band, the album didn’t attract the sales it deserved – probably because it was too nuanced and varied for the typical NWOBHM-era fans ears – and that was that. If you recall from back in the day when Diamond Head released Canterbury as their follow-up to Borrowed Time it killed their career at the time with the more complicated, ambitious compositions. Canterbury is in my opinion Diamond Head’s best work. In my view it can be compared here with Omega and The Prophet as being ahead of its time and one of those albums which does deserve the much cliched tag of “lost NWOBHM classic”. It is that good and then some…
Omega is a heavy metal/progressive rock band from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, that was formed in 1980 under the name Apocalypse. In 1983, the band changed its name to Omega. The band was part of the NWOBHM movement.
Not to be confused with Omega from Hungary.
Nick Brent: vocals & guitar
Steve Grainger: lead guitar, keyboards & vocals
Graham Roberts: drums
Dave Robertson: bass guitar & vocals
YouTube video:
„The Child” (1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ozQZjcZRAs
Felvételek:
LP:
1. The Dark
2. Shadows Of The Past
3. The Prophet
4. Yesterday’s Children
5. Drive Me Crazy
6. Day Tripper
7. The Child
8. Summertime
9. Heat Of The Night
10. Abandon Hope
11. Blood Sacrifice
12. The Child
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