Tygers Of Pan Tang seems to have strongly gained momentum, because in that revival special lived a few years ago in the UK of NWOBHM bands that returned to circulate especially around the islands, and which, by the way, gave us the satisfaction of seeing old heroes remembering old deeds, even though many of the formations were short on original members. Robb Weir seems to bet on the permanence of the band in the scene and is showing it by releasing albums regularly. Until their new album appears, they present with this EP titled “A New Heartbeat” in partnership with their new guitarist, Francesco Marras and new bassist, Huw Holding, although on the EP the recording of the four strings has been carried out by Gav Gray together with Weir, Jack Meille and Craig Ellis. Four songs, two new ones, that show the path chosen by Tygers Of Pan Tang, combining strength and melody, as they did a long time ago in the mid-eighties, and two re-recordings, both of their debut album, “Wild Cat” which is a good way to update that recording that many people have always placed behind albums like “Spellbound” or “Crazy nights”. They open with the power of “A New Heartbeat” in which the guitars move in parameters parallel to the hard rock of the eighties, something that is also palpable in the melody of Jack Meille's voice, far removed from that 1980 debut that claim by recovering two of their songs. Even so, it is a great theme, which will perfectly fit among the followers of hard rock. The other new composition is “Red Mist”, where the riff becomes more powerful and marked with a heavier tempo and even the vocal melody goes back to that moment in which the old essence of the NWOBHM and the winds that had been blowing the success of hard rock in the USA led to many bands, T.O.P.T among them to search for new sonorities. It's time to re-varnish two songs that, as Robb Weir himself assures, they barely play live but it seems that the public frequently asked for them. The first is “Fireclown” which is not too far from the original recording except the voice, more melodic now. The other is “Killers”, in which the bass introduction is faster than in the original, as is also the case with the guitars, it seems that they have decided to add one more point of power. Anyway, it's a pleasure to hear those old beats again. Let's see what they offer us on their new album, for now, this “A New Heartbeat” passes with flying colours.

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