ANGEL DUST — To Dust You Will Decay

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Album · 1988

Filed under Speed Metal
By ANGEL DUST

Tracklist

1. 3rd Challenge (0:48)
2. Mr. Inferno (4:04)
3. Wings of an Angel (5:00)
4. Into the Dark Past (Chapter II) (4:56)
5. The King (4:06)
6. To Dust You Will Decay (5:43)
7. Stranger (4:39)
8. The Duell (3:35)
9. Hold On (4:32)

Total Time 37:23

Line-up/Musicians

- S.L. Coe / Vocals
- Stefan K. Nauer / Guitars
- Vinni Lynn / Guitars
- Frank Banx / Bass
- Dirk Assmuth / Drums

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Released by Disaster.

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Nightfly
It’s only in the last year or two that I actually heard Angel Dust for the first time. After starting life as a speed metal band in the 80’s, they split up after two albums and reformed in 1997, re-inventing themselves as a power metal band, releasing a further four albums. It was on these later releases that were my first taste of the band. I’m quite selective with power metal, generally preferring the heavier USPM, but German PM bands can often be heavier than many of their other European counterparts as well. Such is the case with Angel Dust and I was impressed with their strong hooks and melodies that didn’t sacrifice heaviness.

To Dust You Will Decay, released in 1988, is the second of their original incarnation albums. It’s not surprisingly as slick as their later work but still has a powerful , full and professional sounding production, especially for the time when lesser known bands often released albums with a less than perfect sound to put it kindly. The band are tight and the nine songs are well played speed metal , occasionally verging on thrash, with no shortage of compelling riffs on not surprisingly, mainly up-tempo numbers. It’s on these songs where the band is at their best, the few mid-paced songs like Wings Of An Angel being less memorable though lesser bands would be glad of them. The songs often contain melodic elements making a bridge to their later power metal style. The increase in melody is more noticeable from their debut which was at the thrashier end of speed metal, which nevertheless was an equally fine album. Pick of the bunch? The King and the title track and The Duel are as good a choice as any, as I prefer my metal fast but there’s plenty of similar quality to pick from here.

I wish I’d been aware of this band in the 80’s as this is certainly an album I would have bought at the time but in those pre-internet days it wasn’t as easy to hear new albums as it is now. Still better late than never and I can recommend this along with Angel Dust’s other five albums very highly.
Warthur
Angel Dust's second album only really shares its rhythm section with the Into the Dark Past lineup, and consequently it sees a bit of a shift in the band's sound. The thrashier aspects of the previous album are toned down, and the sound of the band drifts further towards the power metal end of the speed metal territory. (Lyrically, too, the songs shift more towards fantastical subject and focus less on more down-to-earth concerns than the debut.) S.L. Coe's vocals are a big improvement over Romme Keymer's vocals on the original, mind you, and on the whole the shift in sound manages to refresh the Angel Dust approach nicely.

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