Midnight Chaser-Midnight Chaser

Heavy Artillery Records 2010

From the record label that brought Enforcer to the attention of the masses comes the debut s/t EP of Midnight Chaser. From San Francisco, California (by way of the rust belt of Pittsburgh) Midnight Chaser pay homage to 70's/80's hard rock and metal bands like Tank,Saxon and Motorhead. A limited edition release I had to check to make sure this wasn't a re-release of some long,lost 80's metal band. If it wasn't for the modern production job this could have been put out sometime in the late 70's or early 80s. It's funny the band choose to cover Turn Your Head Around by Tank. If I was to describe Midnight Chaser the band Tank would certainly come to mind. This is prime traditional metal. My only complaint was how short this sneak preview is. With a full length album scheduled for release in early 2011 Midnight Chaser has a chance to become another success story for Heavy Artillery Records. Aimed at fans of Tank and Saxon as well as bands like Judas Priest,Deep Purple and Fastway (per their bio) Midnight Chaser are metal for metal fans. No frills metal in fact. I look forward to hearing their full length release to see if the energy can carry over for these guys. I've got a feeling it can and Midnight Chaser can help us get the awful taste of the nu metal years out of our mouths. We need more bands like this not only embracing metal's glory days but reviving it.