Towne Cryer – Against All Evil – 1992

I often hear this album referred to thrash metal but really I think it leans more to dark metal. What makes this band unique is that they had a female vocalist which was quite rare n this genre. For these guys it worked and it worked well. You probably already know that this is not one of my preferred genres. In fact Thrash is one of my most hated but quite frankly there is something different about this album. There are several tracks here that I kind of like. I would like to have heard lead vocalist Gena do some straight up Metal/Hard Rock, I think I would have really liked that.

Tracklist
1 – Shadow Of Death – 3:08
2 – Stone Cold Heart – 3:45
3 – Hound Of Heaven – 4:46
4 – Free – 3:29
5 – Seek Life – 2:54
6 – Time Ran Out – 4:31
7 – Lights – 4:12
8 – Sacrifice Of The Lamb – 5:04
9 – Let Go – 4:07

Credits
Bass – Gary Ottosi
Drums – Ron McClure
Guitar – Jerry Rotz, Steve Metzger
Vocals – Gena McClure

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nehemiah Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nehemiah Ministries Music
Copyright © – Nehemiah Records

Towne Cryer – Towne Cryer – 1990

This is a demo from a band that never did get signed but it appears most metal heads are very well aware of them. They were best known as a thrash metal band but this demo leans far more to just a straight up metal band and not commercial metal, real metal. The quality of the demo is not all that great but I think the mix was pretty good. The problem probably lays in the quality of cassette tape used. You can’t fault bands when this happened as they were paying out of pocket for these things. Anyway this is a strong metal demo and I can’s tell you why they never got record deal. Just another one of those mysteries of early 90’s CCM.

Tracklist
1 – Still I Wait – 4:01
2 – Rock Of Salvation – 4:05
3 – Without You – 4:37
4 – He Is The One – 3:45
5 – The Tempter – 3:28
6 – Right To Kill – 3:03
7 – King Of Broken Hearts – 4:25
8 – Night Of The Thief – 3:03

Credits
Gena McClure – Vocals
Steve Metzger – Guitars
Shawn Cummings – Bass
Ron McClure – Drums