HIGH TENSION: Master of Madness LP 1987 RARE. Near MINT condition. Classic Orthodox NWOBHM / German Heavy Metal. Check audio + a video presentation

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Great Hard Rock/Melodic Metal, one of their best albums! a classic! “Kings and Queens, Leather Beauty, Crazy World, In the Eyes of the Law, Stiletto Heels, Sweet Fourteen & Touch of Steel” are probably the best tracks. A classic band with a classic album! What a band! 90/100.

すでに2ndアルバムは紹介済みのドイツの正統派メタルHIGH TENSIONの3rdアルバム。サウンドの方は2ndと同じ路線でHELOWEEN登場前のジャーマン正統派メタルで

Armin Weisshaar – vocals, guitars
Thomas Dierstein -guitars
Joe Weisshaar – bass
Marco Roth – drums

Samples: http://chirb.it/5zMJbk  

Label: HARD’N HEAVY! ‎– 575/26112 H
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  (visual inspection: very near MINT condition)
Countries: Germany, Austria, & Switzerland
Released: 1987
Genre: Heavy Metal
Tracklist
A1 Hard Lies 4:12
A2 Kings And Queens 3:28
A3 Leather Beauty 4:25
A4 Crazy World 4:01
A5 In The Eyes Of The Law 3:42
B1.1 Intro 0:57
B1.2 Stiletto Heels 3:54
B2 Sweet Fourteen 4:22
B3 Invaders From Space 4:00
B4 The M.O.M. Fanfare 4:56

Total playing time 38:19

👍🔝 👌

High Tension.. Wow, richtig coole Abgehmucke. Großartig.

 

Good old unsung 80’s German metal band! Solid writing, riffs and vox. Melodic,yet with more than enough balls and attitude to satisfy the bangers. Fans of Victory, Talon, and Accept should dig these guys. Great stuff.

Country of origin: Germany
Location: Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg [a state in southwest Germany bordering France and Switzerland]
Status: Active
Formed in: 1979
Genre: Heavy Metal. For fans of Accept, and (early) Dokken
Years active: 1979-present

High Tension counted as Accept or Steeler to Axel Rudi Pell to one of the early bands of the German Heavy Metal scene. Founded in 1979 in Baden-Württemberg. In 1984, the debut “Warrior” appeared, followed in 1986 by the album “Under Tension” and 1987 then “Masters Of Madness”. This kicks pretty hard – but what’s standing out are the guitar solos. Awesome vocals Armin Weisshaar; fantastic voice. Totally underrated band!!!! killer German metal! Bang your head !!!

Very Good Hard & Heavy album, as I love bands that combine both styles Hard Rock / Heavy Metal with elements of the legendary NWOBHM. Although in every country  there were hundreds of bands that came out in the 80s, these Germans are one of the very best. Recommended if you know what a combination of the Hard Rock / Heavy Metal styles sounds like.

 


The song is not on this album, but you get to see the band in the flesh:



High Tension was founded in Villingen-Schwenningen in late 1979 by the Weisshaar brothers Armin and Joe. During several live shows the band, that used to play a sort of melodic Hard Rock at that time mainly inspired by Dokken, Accept and early Mötley Crüe, worked out an excellent reputation as live band and got Gama Records interested for a record deal in the fall of 1984. October ’85 the debut “Warrior” was finally available and featured that type of archetypical “Gama Metal”, with a few numbers either sounding close to Vampyr or Atlain. When Dirk Beermann (I guess read in english that name must sound kinda “interesting” for some) left, the remaining trio found the swiss drummer Marco Roth (ex-Twilight) to record the follower “Under tension” in May ’86, that either marks the guys heaviest and best album of all. The opener “Wind me up” already delivered speedy Power Metal ala Tyrant and the rest of the material, except of the speedy “Stay the night”, good mid-paced pounders with nice drive, that was good enough even for another spin. High Tension during 1986 succeeded to support first Girlschool on their Germany/Switzerland tour and afterwards went on tour with Hard Rock dinos Nazareth the following as well, that gained the guys some proper promotion. Sadly for the “Masters of madness” album, released in 1987, the lads changed down 2 gears and tried to adopt a rather commercially influenced Mainstream Metal sound with mainly these typical US American Hair Metal refrains, which probably wasn’t the smartest decision ever. The contract with Gama after “Masters of madness” was fulfilled and the band was looking for other label partners, that led into a co-operation with Warner Bros for a possible album on a major label. Warner paid the studio to pre-produce the album during 1988, but High Tension’s sound got even softer at that time than on “Masters of madness”, so Warner retreated from the possible deal and the guys at last released the album many years later under the title “4” in 1994, dedicated to their former guitarist Thomas Dierstein, who suffered a fatal car accident in 1990, being unable to speak and move since then. Marco Roth left the band afterwards and returned to Switzerland. Replacement was found during early ’89 with new drummer Harald Rapp. Nevertheless High Tension disappeared quickly afterwards, focussing on finding a new deal as a trio, which didn’t happen anymore. They probably disbanded at around 1990/91, but in 2008 shortly resurfaced with the “Meanstreak” album.


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