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Vigilante

      
         
         
         
     
             
Vardis are a heavy metal band from the UK prominent during the NWOBHM movement in the eighties when they released five albums. Their 1986 album 'Vigilante' has been reissued through Hoplite Records.    
             
'Learn How To Shoot Straight' opens the album and is a solid slab of blues tinged rock. It has a foot tapping groove and the husky vocal style is totally apt. Upping the tempo is the infectious 'Running (Beyond The Threshold Of Pain)', displaying all the characteristics of the early NWOBHM sound. It rattles along at pace with catchy guitar riffs and melodies and is reminiscent of good time rock 'n' roll.    
             
'I Must Be Mad' comes crashing in with a rock 'n' roll boogie feel to it with a sing a long chorus as does 'Radio Active (Feel It)' albeit at a much higher tempo. 'Radio Rockers' is another up tempo barnstorming rock 'n' roll foot stomping boogie song. Tempo is slowed a bit with 'Don't Mess With The Best (Cos The Best They Don't Mess) as it foot taps it way through some great guitar work and an excellent vocal performance.    
             
The good time rock 'n' roll vibe continues with 'Guitar Hero (Just For You)' and you start thinking that this album is less NWOBHM and more blues tinged rock, a cross between the likes of Status Quo, early AC/DC and early Whitesnake. 'Wild Sound' is a heavy thump of a song and just the title of the bonus song 'Who Loves Ya Baby' indicates that it will be a blues based rock song. And it is. 'Bad Company' is a high tempo guitar driven slab of rock with the final song 'All The Worlds Eyes' the nearest this album gets to the NWOBHM sound but the chorus sounds more like country and western.    
             
Overall, a good time rock 'n' roll blast of blues tinged rock that will put a grin on your face and keep your feet tapping for a long time.    
             
             
Review by Iron Mathew Collins    
             
Reviewed for Hoplite Records    
             
             
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200 M.P.H. E.P.      
           
"heavy rock with a huge blues influence, delivering a feel good party vibe that will have you tapping your feet and smiling with every song" Read Review      
     
     
     
           
             
             
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