WARLORD - Deliver Us CD

By the time Warlord released "Deliver Us" the band had been slugging their way through the apathetic metal audiences of Los Angeles for a couple of years, reaching in vein for the attention of audiences who craved clones of Van Halen, whose fusion of glam rock and classic metal carried them to the heights of popularity. The embryonic L.A. glam metal scene would explode over the next few years, but there was scarce room for a power metal band like Tsamis and Zonder fashioned. Taking nothing away from the accomplishments of the spandex and hairspray crowd (musical or sexual), your scowling reviewer considers this a mark of grotesque ignorance. "Deliver Us" contributed immeasurably to the growth of power metal's sonic lexicon, helping to bridge the gap between bands like Dio and Mercyful Fate, and their successors in Queensrÿche and Crimson Glory.