In this relentless return of
legendary NWOBHM bands like IRON
MAIDEN, SAXON, PRAYING MANTIS…
You begin to hear the roar of
these implacable and powerful
tigers, the TYGERS OF PAN TANG.
And I say “begins” because they
offer us only a taste of what is
to come in this E.P called “A
New Heartbeat”.
Currently this band is made up
of Robb Weir on guitar,
Francesco Marras on guitar, Jack
Meille on vocals, Gav Gray on
bass (on the EP), Huw Holding on
live bass and Graig Ellis on
drums; Francesco and Huw being
the 2 new members who have
joined in this new stage.
TYGERS OF PANG TANG maintain
that solidity, efficiency and
energy in the 4 songs that they
propose to us (2 of them from
their first album Wild Cat from
1980) If you liked their latest
releases, I have no doubt that,
seeing this small presentation,
the expectation is great. Very
powerful riffs with a great and
powerful rhythm base. The new
songs are "A New Heartbeat"
which exhibits a good melodic
dose of Hard Rock and reaches,
due to the mixing and mastering
done by Mr Marco Angioni and
Harry Hess respectively, a
modern and forceful sound at the
same time. And then the other
new track called “Red Mist” that
has a heavier “approach” than
the previous one with a heavier
riff and a bass marking the
rhythm in a powerful way and I
would even say that it hooks me
much more.
Regarding the 2 re-recorded
songs (Fireclown and Killers), I
do appreciate that they wanted
to give them a little change of
orientation. It is evident that
Wild Cat was the embryo of a
band with clear technical
limitations, but at the same
time it possessed the power of a
vigorous band eager to take over
the music scene of the moment.
Difficult to qualify or classify
due to that excess of
immaturity, but at the same time
full of vitality; an album that,
despite being born in the same
year as classics such as Saxon's
Wheels of Steel, the Iron
Maiden's first album, Judas
Priest's powerful British Steel
or Diamond's magnanimous and
pioneering Lighting Up The
Nations Head was going to show
influences closer to Thin Lizzy
or the early Def Leppard but in
a rawer version.
Now we just have to wait for the
main course in the form of a
complete album that will surely
be the delight of their lifelong
fans and the new ones that they
have been acquiring in recent
years.
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