Named after the Bogart movie of the same name, this little piece of metal history first saw the light of day back in ’84 but by ’86 it was all but a memory. There haven’t been too many Danish metal bands that have made it. Other than Merciful Fate/King Diamond, Pretty Maids, and maybe Volbeat, I can’t think of many more. This album is okay, but it was never gonna conquer the world.
It’s pretty standard heavy metal for the time and sarcastically I’m going for Mammas In Town as my favourite track as it possesses yet another version of THAT riff. Heavy N’ Loud is a close second with a hybrid Ozzy/Metallica mash up.
It’s amazing how far metal has come since these innocent pioneering days and although it’s not the greatest metal album in the world it’s still a fun listen.
7/10 from The Grooveman.
