SATAN is a true heavy metal classic. Hailing from Newcastle UK, these young boys started their gig circa 1979, as part of the NWOBHM movement, and were since listed as influences on such metal giants as METALLICA, DEATH ANGEL and EXODUS. This live album that I am about to review for you has several interesting facts.

After their last album, "Life Sentence", which was their first recording in 28 years, after playing a reunion show in 2011, the Satanic boys have played 6 shows in 6 days in 6 states for the recording of this live album! Now that's what I call following your image!

So on to the live album...

The first song, "Trial By Fire" sounds almost exactly like it did on the recording, just with even more energy, as if around 30 years since have not passed.

Same thing could be said about the second track "Blades Of Steel", it sounds even better live than recorded, everything is tighter, the 30 years of musical and technical evolution of the band members have done wonders, one of the rare cases that the live sounds better than the studio recording!

Wow these guys don't skip a beat! Even if it's about new songs such as the next track, "Time To Die", sounds perfect, full of energy, as good if not better than the studio version, SATAN proves here with this album that they are a huge live band!

Throughout the whole album, the guys from SATAN do not let the past years show or influence how they now sound, everything sounds perfect, the sound of the live performance is awesome, the energy can be felt in the air, and the only thing I can say that I wish that I could see them live someday, because on this album they prove that age does not matter as long as you still have your passion for music!