Samson

01. Samson - Survivors, 1979 Vinyl LP Reissue Album      Thunderbolt - THBL 001      Reissue from 1983 02. Samson - Head On, 1980 Vinyl LP Album      GEM - GEMLP 108 03. Samson - Shock Tactics, 1981 CD Album      Sanctuary Records - NR4525      Reissue from ? 04. Samson - Before The Storm, 1982 Vinyl LP Album      Polydor - 2383 654 05. Samson - Don't Get Mad - Get Even, 1997 CD Album Unofficial Release      Samsonite Inc. - none 06. Samson - Joint Forces 1986-1993, 1986/1988 CD Compilation Reissue Remastered x 2      Hear No Evil Recordings - HNECD088D      Reissue from 2017 - 1-10: Joint Forces LP 1986, 11-15: And There It Is EP 1988, 16: 1988 07. Samson - Look To The Future / Refugee / P.S...., 1989 CD, CD Album Reissue x 2, Box Set Compilation      Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd. - HNEBOX099 , Compilation      Reissue from 2018 - Look To The Future - Contains 41 songs by: Paul Samson, Samson 08. Samson - Live At Reading´81, 1990 CD Album      Sanctuary Records - NR4527 09. Samson - Look To The Future / Refugee / P.S...., 1990 CD, CD Album Reissue x 2, Box Set Compilation      Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd. - HNEBOX099 , Compilation      Reissue from 2018 - Contains 41 songs by: Paul Samson, Samson 10. Samson - Joint Forces 1986-1993, 1993 CD Compilation Reissue Remastered x 2      Hear No Evil Recordings - HNECD088D      Reissue from 2017 - 1-5: 1988, 6-16: Samson 11. Samson - Look To The Future / Refugee / P.S...., 2006 CD, CD Album Reissue x 2, Box Set Compilation      Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd. - HNEBOX099 , Compilation      Reissue from 2018 - Posthumous album - Contains 41 songs by: Paul Samson, Samson Classic hard rock day! Some would claim NWOBHM, and they would not be very wrong, for some of this music has a heavy metal edge - check if the song Thunderburst on Head On rings a bell! Iron Maiden fans already know that Bruce Dickinson, Maiden's pilot, is the singer on Head On and Shock Tactics (and on the Live At Reading '81 of course). The music itself has more connections to the sound && style of Angel Witch or Riot. Most of Samson is very fine, yet there are also awful things here in the form of ballads and AOR purulence (arrrrghhhhhh - what's worse than oï, folk metal and hip hop combined? AOR!!)), actually the eponymous album from 1993 is the main culprit - it is entirely non-listenable garbage, I'd even take a Europe album, or Cold Lake, or Stay Hard, or Love Is For suckers, before that piece of donkey crap. Chasing radio hits is like requesting to get AIDS. Don't do that, stay ugly! The other albums consistently rock, sometimes at (Belgian) Killer levels,  and even if I cannot rank them as high as the output from Saxon, Judas Priest or Diamond Head, they deserve full recognition and praise for the catchy and energetic content they offer, except that damn 1993 album. Samson rock! Remove brackets and unzip: [zer on] !ZER Samson ZER!