Wild Hard Rock!
Doro is a very tough woman! The first track "Hellbound" is very fast one and has very satanic lyrics. "All Night" has good bass guirars. Doro has full going with this track. "Earthshaker Rock" must be the most famous track from this album. "Hey you what's you gonna do? Watcha gonna do tonight?". Lyrics seem very very sexaul and praise the rock. "Wrathchild" is very rebellious song. "Down And Out", "Out of Cotrol", and "Time to Die" are very fast ones. "Shout It Out" is a good going track. "Catch My Heart" is a ballad. Not so Good but there's sad feeling while listening it.
Warlock's weakest album
That I usually associate this album as the filler in between Burning the Witches and True as Steel underscores its limited appeal. Altogether, it is an inferior continuation of the first album, crispier in production (which is common with most band's second album) but still weakened by the general song uniformity. Earthsaker Rock and the title cut are decent songs, but the second side is largely forgettable. Overall, the album's most memorable element is that some songs feature a lengthy solo (or more accurately two, as there are two guitarists) after the second chorus with no vocal following.
They Got Better As They Went Along
Actually, 2.5 stars. This album is a vast improvement over the first. It holds up a bit better too, but not by much. It suffers a lot less than the first from the cliched silliness of 'Eavy Me'al at the time. "Time To Die" and "Down And Out" were so bad then, and still are now, that they must have been just leftovers from the fist album. Cliched and unimaginative even by the standards of the day. I wince at these two in particular. Cheese with much mold on it. Now that the worst has been said, on to the best..."Wrathchild" is easily the best rocker of the album, lyrically, musically, and vocally. A culturally observant song, something said imaginatively. Song about a rebel-without-a-clue kind of person. Typical topic for all rock of course, but made in a distinctly Doro / Warlock way. The band was definitely in development sound-wise. "Catch My Heart" is a great ballad-like song, even for the early days. Very emotionally sung. Don't think Doro / Warlock has ever done a ballad I didn't like anyway. "Out Of Control" is another strong track that is simpler, but hard not like as it rocks along at a good clip. "Shout It Out" sounds really confined as a studio track. I just think it's one those songs that one goes, "Ehh, not bad. May be better Live."
The rest of the songs I think you can take or leave depending on your mood, or how busy you are as the music is playing in the background. The rest of the tracks, while not so awful, just aren't as captivating.
Strongly suggest True As Steel and Triumph And Agony. Both are a bit different in atmosphere from each other, but equally good in their own ways. Doro's new solo album is Calling The Wild, which covers White Wedding, has Lemmy from Motorhead on a couple tracks, and some solo by Slash formerly from Guns'N'Roses.
German metal band's 1985 album, fronted by former model Doro Pesch, features nine tracks. Universal Records.
