Venator - Echoes From The GutterVinyl LP pressing. Austrian Venator burst with an electricity that's positively, stunningly addicting; Anthem after Anthem is doled out, each hook hoisted heavenly and then brought back down to the gutter. Anyone pining for the 1983 '84 peak of the likes of Tokyo Blade, Grim Reaper, OZ, Witch Cross, Heavy Load, and even Judas Priest, you've found your new modern classic in Venator's Echoes From the Gutter!

"The bonus material in particular is revelatory

develops from his encounter with the work of arguably the greatest German vocal composer of the early Baroque

Slimy Toads brother

the cradle of the swamp pop and bayou R&B sounds that drip off his fingers like honey and hot sauce

and has in the intervening years become one of the most highly respected recording projects around

even a soundtrack

Verdi´s opera Attila takes as it's starting point Attila's plans to storm Rome with his army of Huns and the Romans' attempts to prevent him

To listen to Soundfulness is to offer oneself a time filled with healing sounds

Beyond high energy anthems filled with blistering electronics

'one that the vengeful Furies conjure up from hell

'Memorial' is almost the flip side of the coin

Of these two great classical quartets which look forward so much to the heights of the Romantic period