@ MetalDude: C'mon Tokyo Blade is well known but maybe underrated. The albums with Alan Marsh are great. The band has reformed partially but with another singer so I'm not looking forward for anything new from them.
@ Carnut: Good call on Liege Lord although I think te're also known, the other bands left me baffled.
Let's see what do you people think about this one. I just finally got a copy some weeks ago is OOP and the second of the band (now extinct):
Abattoir is a very cult band for me. I have both albums and I think they should have been bigger. "The Only Safe Place" is a hard kick-ass album, and a true metalhead should love 'Temptations Of The Flesh', fucking awsome song.
aaah man, Tokyo Blade was prolly my most fave NWOBHM band on the strength of the debut. By the time "Ain't Misbehavin" came around I kinda lost interest as it was a huge disappointment for me. I maybe need to go check it out again. I never hear "Night Of The Blade" with Vic Wright singing though. I liked his work in Johnny Crash.