Budgie - Deliver Us From Evil

Budgie Deliver Us From Evil on 180-gram import LP

Originally formed in Cardiff, Wales in 1967 by Burke Shelley (vocals, bass), Tony Bourge (guitar), and Raymond Phillips (drums), relatively obscure yet influential act Budgie was one of the earliest British heavy metal bands. Their weighty riffs and high-pitched vocals often draw comparisons to Black Sabbath and Rush and the group has released nearly a dozen studio albums and a handful of live recordings to date amidst numerous line-up changes.

Deliver Us From Evil is Budgie's tenth album, released in October 1982 on RCA Records, and according to Burke Shelley, its theme "attacks the power structures of East and West and the balance of terror," in addition it also "refers to all kinds of evil, not just The Bomb and war, but the main theme calls for world peace." Budgie are described by author Gary Sharpe-Young as one of the earliest heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene with fast, heavy rock — an influence on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and acts such as Metallica — being played as early as 1971. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day."

Side 1

Bored With Russia

Don’t Cry

Truth Drug

Young Girl

Flowers In The Attic

Side 2

N.O.R.A.D. (Doomsday City)

Give Me The Truth

Alison

Finger On The Button

Hold On To Love

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