The Entrance To Hell

1970年代の残されたプロト・メタルなスーパー・プロジェクトが発掘2LPリリース!!
ジョン・デュ・カン(THE ATTACK, ANDROMEDA, ATOMIC ROOSTER)のギター&ボーカルに、ベースのジョン・グスタフソン(QUATERMASS, ROXYMUSIC, IAN GILLAN BAND)、ドラムのポール・ハモンド(ATOMIC ROOSTER)によるアトミック・ルースター脱退組兼、ハードスタッフ前身という最高級ハードロック&プロト・メタル・グループ!!!!
1970年から71年にかけての伝説的なスタジオ録音が、今回初めてレコード化(2010年にANGEL AIRからCD化されてます)。 このあと、契約の際にバンド名をハード・スタッフに変更する・・・ということでここに収録された半数以上はハード・スタッフの1STに収録。もうすでにかなりの完成度を誇っており、十分に楽しめる内容となっております。

The Entrance to Hell is one of those legendary exhumations at which the Angel Air label has become so adept, delving into archives that even their owners have seemingly forgotten, and emerging with treasures whose very reputations are the stuff of mythology. The jewel this time is the debut album by Bullet, the band formed by John Du Cann and Paul Hammond immediately after departing Atomic Rooster, but whose lifespan was cut short by the emergence of another, better-known American band of the same name. Bullet U.K. changed their name to Hard Stuff, and promptly re-recorded their already complete debut album, renaming it Bulletproof, and leaving the original tracks in the vault. Arguably, they made the correct decision -- Bulletproof, as it eventually emerged, is very much a classic of its ilk, a hard-hitting metal rocker that compensates in sheer bludgeoning power for what it lacks in finesse or musicality. The Entrance to Hell retains those same qualities but somehow seems to lack the same glue that held its successor together; not quite an album's worth of demos (although that would be a joy), it is instead a rough sketch of what was to come, an excellent collection that would soon be even better. ~ Dave Thompson