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    Heaven's Metal #21/Taker
    Taker — Blood cover

    Taker

    Blood

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

    Label independentHeaven's Metal #21October/November 1989
    heavy metalpower metal

    Taker is doing pretty good these days. P.J. Bussey shows some improvement in his lead guitar playing. Given plenty of time and a producer to shape and guide the band...Taker's one of my picks for a band that could really put out a killer album.

    "Into The Throne Room" is a really nice instrumental with good guitar sound (Given a Chrysalis Records budget it would rank right up there with Michael Schenker/UFO type stuff). This segues into "A New Song", another trademark Taker song with melodic structure and passion.

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