{"id":3941,"date":"1984-03-01T00:00:37","date_gmt":"1984-03-01T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2013-06-01T13:04:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T13:04:24","slug":"album-review-sniper-open-the-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-sniper-open-the-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"SNIPER – Open The Attack (1984) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SNIPER
Open The Attack<\/strong><\/span>
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\nElectric Ladyland (1984)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A live album this, which is pretty hard to believe as apart from maybe the last track on each side there\u2019s little if any detection that the Japanese outfit are actually performing in front of an audience. Still, what this album lacks in atmosphere it sure makes up for in the sheer power and energy of the music.<\/p>\n

Having gained the services \u201cfor one night only\u201d of Marino\u2019s ace guitarist Raven Ohtani, Sniper have produced one hell of a debut album.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s heads down from the word go as the title track comes blasting out of the speakers in almost power metal fashion. A superb opener this, matched only by the frenzied \u2018Never Change\u2019 and the final cut \u2018Fire\u2019. The lead guitar soloing is breathtaking throughout, highlighted on \u2018Dedicate\u2019 and \u2018Black Rain\u2019.<\/p>\n

The remaining tracks, \u2018Over The Sky\u2019, \u2018Hard Time\u2019 and \u2018Nemurenu Yoru\u2019, may lack the classic potential delivered by the aforementioned numbers, but it doesn\u2019t take away the excellence of this album.<\/p>\n

At present, Sniper are no more than a club band back home in Japan, but if the band can cut it on a studio album as well as they can live, then it wouldn\u2019t surprise me in the least to see them leapfrogging over fellow countrymen Loudness, Bow Wow and Earthshaker in the Japanese metal popularity stakes.<\/p>\n

Bernard Doe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 4 (1984)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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