In between the thick shades of makeup and ultra-teased blonde, black or red hair hovers the no-future motto of a jaunty demeanor concreticised by the picks, strings and sticks of the American glam rock band SLAVE RAIDER into their debut album back in 1986, entitled "Take The World By Storm". Roughly thirty years later, here they are revisiting their past the reissue style.

Funny enough is the colossal level rise in all aspects from track alpha to omega. Consequently, dissecting the album track by track seems a wise method to broach. In fact, the title track comes off classically raw on sets of four chords thus the lion's share of the job to the vocalist. The likes of "Long Way From Home" sharing a lot in common with ("You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC) as well as "Burnin' Too Hot" with its time signature carousel further depict the pattern of über vocal tracks of "hot young things" living life to the fullest. Carefree, mischievous and on top of all flying skillful solos on board, they can nonetheless go as far as the draining re-consumption the same featured product under different nominations.

In other words, the advantage of glam rock being the "less is more" mantra, it also befalls a downside for such tracks are too tempting to consume yet the dopamine high is short-lived such is the case for "Backstabbin'", but which interestingly reversed the tables in the second half with double drum pedals and metal palm mutes per se drifting away from the expected chord layout. On the other hand, "Make Some Noise" quickly reminds us of the essence: Isn't it downright Rock N' Roll bending and grooving? Isn't it about bikes, buddies and chicks having a blast? In the long run and under such circumstances, who's the purple geek who cares about whether the guitarist can tap or the bassist can slap? Two opposite schools of thought, and whatever you opt for you're damn right!

The last half of the record further sways away from convention, starting by the singular chord succession and the chromatic transitions of "The Devil Comes Out In Me" to the ominous "Survival Of The Fittest" dealing with deal with what matters most of the human causes. Striking how its deep topic contrasts with the care-free apparent mood of the band, but this is worth listening to over and over. To that point I though I've just stumbled upon the crown jewel until I listened to "The Black Hole", for which I'm even making a point à la ligne to develop; up to you to guess why.

In a spin to a more modern rock, the quoted track breaks many habits scale and guitar play-wise. Echoed like a swim in the middle of a wide ocean, it rapidly and rabidly twists towards a startling trek between thrash drum rolls and solo, a dauntless funky bass slap and tap, or else the monumental guitar solo distributed on multiple sections, all twisting out of the blue in a genuine dynamic track taking you by surprise every now and then. First-rate on all levels, it's definitely some of the best things I've heard in a long while. Hats off!

Even though SLAVE RAIDER's career didn't last for long, is there a point from visualizing what they could have achieved otherwise? We already have a preview hereby, if only the alternative scene didn't drive the last nail into the glam rock's coffin.