1536 - Liege Lord Rage of Angels 1985

Liege Lord is an American speed/power metal band, active in the 1980s and considered to be a pioneer of the genre. It was formed by Matt Vinci, Anthony Truglio and Frank Cortese. Reaching cult status in the metal world with their three releases, the band featured Joe Comeau, who would later go on to play with thrash metal bands Overkill and Annihilator. On their fiery and ambitious debut "Freedom´s Rise", Liege Lord were truly masterful and the confidence of this debut is compelling. Liege Lord were like a raw american response to NWOBHM, looking to up-the-heavy and bring an athletic prowess and musical prodigality to this now classic metal sound that was at the time just breaking from the underground into the mainstream. "Rage of Angels" is probably one of the best tracks on here topped off with some of Michaud's best vocals too. 'The smoke is swept away as this encounter slows The prince of darkness overthrown The angel's rage has proved victorious as known The evil underground shall threaten nevermore'