Divine Right – Powerchange – 1988

This is the second self released album from Kevin Brandow recording as Divine Right. Again he played all of the instruments and recorded it himself. He had Dave Hoffis help him with the mix and while the mix is good the final production is not that great. We have done our best to make it a little better quality but there’s only so much you can do with a 30 some year old cassette. As for the album I think it’s better than his first album showing some maturity in his guitar playing and if I had to pick a favourite track I would go for the title track as it has the most commercially viable sound. Kevin would go on to do a stint with Petra so his skills were recognized in the industry but for some reason he couldn’t get together with a record company for his own work. Really too bad because I would have liked to hear a polished commercial album from him. There is one odd thing about this album in that the final track, that is just a series of guitar solos, did not appear on all copies of the cassette. I don’t know if this was a technical error or something intentional but it’s interesting.

Tracklist
1 – White Hammer
2 – All I’ve Got
3 – Powerchange
4 – The Force Within
5 – Love Won Another
6 – Too Hot To Touch
7 – Lumen Naturale
8 – On My Way
9 – The Pearl
10 – Holy Smokes

Credits
Instruments and vocals – Kevin Brandow
Vocals on “Love Won Another” – Dave Hoffis
Producer – Kevin Brandow, Dave Hoffis
Recorded and mixed – Dave Hoffis, Kevin Brandow,
Cover design – Mike Bennet

Various – White Metal Invasion – 1989

This is a great metal sampler from E & E Records which is in some way connected with the band Armada. Nice selection of lesser known metal bands here including 2 previously unreleased tracks. We’ve compiled a tracklist of the origin of the tracks;

1 – Divine Right – All I Got – From 1988 independent release “Powerchange”
2 – Chariot – Truth – From the 1987 release “Step Into Light”
3 – Emerald – Battle Ground – Unreleased until the 2022 release “Demo 1984”
4 – Xalt – The Cross – From the 1988 release “Dark War”
5 – 7th Angel – I Will See You In Heaven – From 1988 independent release “7th Angel”
6 – Armada – Suicide – From the 1988 release “Black & White”
7 – Seraiah – C’mon Get Up! – Unreleased elsewhere
8 – Full Armor – White Knights – From 1988 independent release “4-Song E.P.”
9 – Soldier – Louder Than Hell – From 1988 independent release “Babylon”
10 – Taker – Look Into His Eyes – Unreleased until the 2014 release “It Is Finished”
11 – Angelica – Follow Me, Follow Him – Unreleased elsewhere
12 – Apostle – I Am Persuaded – From 1988 independent release “Hymns”

Divine Right – Tongues Of Fire – 1987

This is one of 3 demos from Divine Right who was really just Kevin Brandow playing all of the instruments. I couldn’t find out much about Kevin other than he joined Petra for their 1998 album, God Fixation. He is obviously a very talented musician as evidenced by him playing all the instruments on this demo which is no easy feat. The album has a Hard Rock/Metal feel and the songs themselves are first rate but the quality of the recordings is a bit questionable. This may or may not be a result of production but more likely it’s that the source copy was a cassette. Anyway head bangers give this one a listen, I bet you’ll like it.

Tracklist
1 – Tongues Of Fire
2 – On Guard
3 – Far Far Away
4 – One Way
5 – Mystery Uncovered
6 – Silent Victory
7 – Lightning

Credits
Cover Art – Julie Alvaro
Instruments and Vocals – Kevin Brandow
Mixed By – Mark Goyette
Produced By – Traci Leigh
Rhythm Guitar – Bob Alvaro