Earthshaker

01. Earthshaker - Earthshaker, 1983 CD Album Reissue      Nexus - KICS 2901      Reissue from 2007 02. Earthshaker - Midnight Flight = ミッドナイト・フライト, 1984 CD Album Reissue Remastered      Nexus - KICS 2903      Reissue from 2007 - 03. Earthshaker - Fugitive, 1984 CD Album Reissue Remastered      Nexus International, Nexus - KICS 2902, KICS 2902      Reissue from 2007 04. Earthshaker - Passion, 1985 CD Album Reissue      Nexus - KICS 2100      Reissue from 1991 05. Earthshaker - Quarter, 2008 CD Album      Danger Crue - XNDC-10028 Yes, Japanese heavy metal. But no, this post shall not be as enthusiastic as usual when dealing with Eastern riff makers, for this stuff is almost bad. There are good songs, i.e. songs with a great rocking heavy metal background. But there are too many awful pieces of shit radio ballads or simply mediocre attempts at a hit. Plus the good songs are invariably poisoned by keyboards and the vocals are waaaaayyyyyyy too pop, at least they have the typical Japanese vibe. I had bought the first LP because of the flying V on the cover and was disappointed it sounded weaker than Scorpions' Tokyo Tapes. I recently found a short stash of cheap CDs so gave Earthshaker another chances 20 years later, but it still does not work for me. They released twelve billion albums, I have only heard these five, maybe an exceptional release exists that I should listen to? Now back to the real heavyweights Anthem and Loudness. Remove brackets and unzip: [meh] !ZER Earthshaker ZER!