MADISON: Diamond Mistress CDR. Goran Edman ex Yngwie Malmsteen singer on vocals! One of the top 6 most underrated bands of the ’80s! Check video reviews. Free £0 for CD orders of £30+

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Diamond Mistress
Madison
Type: Full-length
Release date: 1984
1. Lay Down Your Arms 05:05
2. Run Boy 04:43
3. Sneaker 03:24
4. Don’t Look Around 04:04
5. Pictures Return 05:05
6. Diamond Mistress 04:00
7. Don’t Go 05:32
8. Squealer 03:51
9. Changes 04:25
10. Turn Me Loose 04:02
44:11

Conny Sundquist: Bass, Backing Vocals
Peter Fredrickson: Drums, Backing Vocals
Mikael Myllynen: Guitars
Anders Karlson: Guitars, Backing Vocals
Göran Edman: Vocals [Jayce Landberg, Richard Andersson, Shadrane, Signum Regis, Time Requiem, Vindictiv, Xsavior, ex-Johansson, ex-Silent Call, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen


5.0 out of 5 stars Great metal band from Sweden,
This is a great debut from Madison. If you like 220 Volt or early Europe, you’ll love this disc. Features Goran Edman on vocals. He would later go on to join Yngwie for a couple of records and then Glory. Highly recommend this 80s metal disc.


An Old Swedish Heavy Metal Masterpiece! – 97%
Madison was pretty famous here in Sweden back in the day so their albums came across me. I was a little surprised that “Diamond Mistress” actually was as good as it was because I had heard a lot of other swedish bands from that era that didn’t really stand out compared to English or american bands (except for Europe and Treat of course).

The albums opening track is a true classic. Its the powerful “Lay Down Your Arms” which starts off with some nice church bells before going into the really powerful music that immediately screams “classic”. “Run Boy”, a somewhat weaker song but still powerful. Track 3 and 4, well, they’re my favorites on this album. Track 3 or “Sneaker” as its called is based on a cool guitar riff which is followed by some heavy drummin’ and a heavy bass along with Göran Edmans powerful vocals. “Don’t Look Around” was the first song I heard from this album as a preview clip and I totally love it. Its heavy, half-fast and powerful with a little “swing” or whatever you can call it in the middle. “Pictures Return” is the first ballad and the worst track here even though its still good. The title track and “Don’t Go” are not as good as the first 4 tracks but still nice and especially “Diamond Mistress” is worth mentioning because of its up-tempo drumming with double bass drums. “Squeeler” was one of my favorties when I got this album but it seems to have gone away a little from me but its another power bag of emotion in Görans vocals. “Changes” is ballad 2 and the better one as well and the albums finished with “Turn Me Loose” which definitely is the fastest song here. It has some fast riffing and double bass drums and could maybe be regarded as a lighter thrash style.

The production is awesome for a Swedish heavy metal album from 1984 when even Sweden is then biggest metal band Europe seemed to have a maybe cheaper production on their albums. Everythings balanced and the guitars sounds really nice.

The cast is great. Theres some underrated musicians here. Göran Edman is probably the most special here and he has enjoyed some serious success but the others should have been bigger than they ever became, especially the guitarists. They all go along with each other and I think that’s one of the big things that makes this album so good.

So finally to my last comments on “Diamond Mistress”….

All tracks are great, some more than the others but you don’t get away from that. My personal favorites are: Sneaker, Don’t Look Around, Lay Down Your Arms and Changes.

I really think you should check out this album if you find it in a store or on the net because its worth it. There’s some great classics here that is worth to be remembered.

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