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California Metal Volume II LP 1988
Label:	Regency Music	#:	790-082-1929	Country:	USA
Info:	The 2nd installment of "saved", mainstream Metalheads from the state of California. Also released on CD w/ 1 bonus track (RECON - "Dreams").

CONTENT
(bold = exclusive track / normal = non-exclusive track / italic = non-metal)

Side A:

1.	VISION - Runaway
	Very slick, well-produced mainstream Metal/HR with subtle keys that will probably only appeal to more "adventurous" aor fans.

2.	EMERALD - Traitor
	Yes, it's the "Armed For Battle" MLP guys. Solid US Metal very similar to the likes of Glacier, Gargoyle etc...

3.	RECON - Light The Fire
	High falsetto-vox a la Geoff Tate upon run-of-the-mill melodic US Metal. Later featured on at least two CD reissues of their LP.

4.	SOLDIER - Borderline
	More well-produced & well-performed yet utterly bland melodic Hard Rock.

5.	JUDEA - Heart Of Stone
	Pretty decent, vocal-based, slow Metal-light. It just sounds so ridiculously Xian...

Side B:

1.	MASTEDON - Get Up
	Horribly commercial & mellow Metalrock, though with half-decent, 80's Kiss-style riffing.

2.	RANSOM - Sin Killer
	Sounds like a female vocalist, and the music is not too far off from Hellion-territory. Goodish.

3.	EMERALD - Born To Die
	Heavy hard rock riffs unlightening up the atmosphere of this lame-ass album.

4.	JUDEA - Knock
	Keyboard-oriented "hard" rock a la Survivor.

5.	SOLDIER - Tears
	Mellow rock/aor filth.

6.	RECON - Dreams [CD bonus track]
	Wimpy HR like Queensryche buttraped by Dokken. Later featured on at least two CD reissues of their LP.