Jerusalem // "Jerusalem" // Deram // 1972
Jerusalem were another one of those bands to suddenly appear, record a single amazing LP, and then promptly fall off the face of the Earth. Forged in the very early 1970s by 5 British teens, Jerusalem produced some of the best heavy rock of the era. Typically caste as a "proto-metal" band, their music is a mix between the darker side of British rock, and the charged up fury of the burgeoning Detroit scene. As a result, their sonic influence can be equally felt within the progressive and punk rock camps as well.
As a whole, the album is part straight, raw and raunchy, rock and roll -- backed by moments of heavy Sabbath-esque gloom and doom blues. Youthful and uninitiated. Heavier than most and wonderfully dissonant.
If there's still any doubt of this band's metal-potential, let it not be forgotten that prior to becoming Jerusalem the original band name was to be Iron Maiden. You heard me. Somewhere, in some alternate What If? universe, your beloved Eddie is out there representing a band possibly named after another famously gruesome device of torture.
Not to mention, it was bass player Paul Dean whom introduced manager/producer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) to the glory of Black Sabbath...
As a whole, the album is part straight, raw and raunchy, rock and roll -- backed by moments of heavy Sabbath-esque gloom and doom blues. Youthful and uninitiated. Heavier than most and wonderfully dissonant.
If there's still any doubt of this band's metal-potential, let it not be forgotten that prior to becoming Jerusalem the original band name was to be Iron Maiden. You heard me. Somewhere, in some alternate What If? universe, your beloved Eddie is out there representing a band possibly named after another famously gruesome device of torture.
Yeah, something like that.
inquisitional chair's piece of mind is one of the best never heard albums. you should post it sometime for us die-hards.
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