SAMSON - Shock Tactics LP shoegaze This LA post-punk debut is

This LA post-punk debut is a buzz-saw wave of feedback-tipped riffs into the middle distance

because there is none-- in fact

They got rid of the the guitars and the distortion and still produced an album that rocks harder than any of their contemporaries

black metal scene

sound processing and analogue effects—cumulatively known as the “Audio Virus”—could add a musical dimension above and beyond the merely technical

SAMSON - Shock Tactics LP shoegaze This LA post-punk debut isFirst time reissue of NWOBHM classic! "Loincloth Red" colour vinyl. Limited to 700 copies only. Includes original insert. Of all the bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, SAMSON takes the woulda coulda shoulda been big stars prize. The bands talent and theatricality were undeniable; guitarist and singer PAUL SAMSON had replaced Bernie Torm (of Gillan fame) in the band Scrapyard before founding Samson, which soon enlisted the lead