RIOT — The Privilege of Power (review)

RIOT — The Privilege of Power album cover Album · 1990 · US Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Warthur
Riot followed up Thundersteel with this album, which at points comes across as an unabashed celebration (or, if you're less favourable to them, shameless rip-off) of Judas Priest. Despite being occasionally accompanied on some tracks by the famed Tower of Power horn section, for the most part the classic Judas Priest sound informs the compositions; Metal Soldiers, in particular, sounds spookily like something from the Killing Machine or British Steel era. Good, entertaining stuff, but hardly very original, and whilst it's a good homage to Judas Priest, it doesn't quite measure up to the real thing to my ears. Still, the Al di Meola cover version the album's capped off with is interesting.
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