A Tribute To Uriah Heep - A Return To Fantasy [2003]

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A Tribute To Uriah Heep - A Return To Fantasy
(2003)

Evil Dr. Smith: Heeperdepeep, is this finally the very first tribute to a band that’s standing at the fundaments of our beloved music style? After almost 35 years! THAT’S ABOUT GOD DAMN BLOODY TIME! Uriah Heep: the ideal bridge between the symfo-rock of Yes, E.L.P. and Genesis at one bank and the hard rock from Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Sir Lord Baltimore at the other bank. With the almost gay-like ‘oohz’ and ‘aahz’-backing vocals, the compositors brain and organ(ic)-sound from Ken Hensley, the splitting guitar riffs from Mick Box (still in the band!) and of course the characteristic high-pitched, almost nasal voice from David Byron (R.I.P.) the band made with albums like 'Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble', 'Look At Yourself' and 'Demons And Wizards' (ever wondered how ex-Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer and Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kursch came up with their band name?) an impressive collection of legendary and classic melodic hard rock albums. Doomed, despised and buried to the ground by the so-called politically correct music journalism, but loved to the death by huge amounts of fanatical fans.

I won’t bore you by the group’s history, you can read that on several Heep-sites (or in the booklet in this CD). I only want to make clear that this band is more than its one-day fly ‘Easy Livin’’ that everyone who’s older than 12 years must have heard countless of times on every mainstream radio-channel around the world. Heep made other remarkable and immortal songs like ‘The Wizard’, ‘Look At Yourself’, ‘Come Away Melinda’ (this cover ballad is also covered by UFO, but in no way as beautiful as Heep did), ‘Sweet Lorraine’, ‘Echoes in The Dark’ and of course the ultimate Uriah Heep-hymne ‘July Morning’. And all these songs are NOT featured on this tribute, just to emphasise the amount of classic songs (do I smell here a Tribute Volume 2 already?). De bands featured on this album can be mostly classified in the category power metal. And judging the fantasy sleeves on the old Heep albums (and some of them are used on this cut-and-paste-cover) as well as Heep’s flirtations with symphonic sounds in their ancient metal, it’s no wonder that especially this metal genre is holding Heep close to its heart.

Track List :

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1. Angel Dust - Easy Livin
   
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2. Narnia - Sunrise
   
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3. Tad Morose - Rainbow Demon
   
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4. Onward - Bird Of Prey
   
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5. Liege Lord - Too Scared To Run
   
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6. Jack Frost - Lady In Black
   
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7. Nightingale - Stealin
   
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8. Lana Lane - Weep In Silence
   
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9. Vinter Song - Rainbow Demon
   
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10. Sacred Steel - Return To Fantasy
    
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11. Easy Livin - Circle Of Hands
    
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12. Freebase - Suicidal Man
    
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13. Metalium - Gypsy (feat. Hensley - Live)
    
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This is only for review. Buy the original versions of these songs.