This is the third full length studio album by Shok Paris. It came out in ’89 and would be the last until Full Metal Jacket came out in 2020.

Good old fashioned heavy metal with a powerhouse vocalist is the recipe here. Vic Hix has an amazing set of pipes and the twin guitar riff machine that is Ken Erb and Eric Marderwald make a wonderful noise. Ken Erb was the only original member on all albums, but he recently passed and the band are now in limbo.

This album is not as strong as its predecessor Steel & Starlight, but there are still some great hidden nuggets of melodic metal goodness. The Heat And The Fire is a great up tempo groover. My favourite track is Find A Way Out with double kicks pounding all the way, Vic sounds like Graham Bonnet blasting it out and the solo is killer. Taking the tempo down a notch with Memories, which is a killer brooding monster of a tune.

They just needed that bit of luck and who knows.

8.5/10 from The Grooveman.