Into the Eyes of the Zombie King

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Chrome - INTO THE EYES OF THE ZOMBIE KING (1984)
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And Then The Red Sun * You Can't Do Anything *Walking and Looking for You *Into the Eyes of the Zombie King *Trip the Switch *It Wasn't Real *Humans in the Rain *Don't Move Like That
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DAMON EDGE lead vocals, synthesizers, TV, treatments on all instruments, cover art
REMY DEVILLA guitars and overlays
RENAUD THOREZ harmonized bass guitar
PATRICK IMBERT electronic drums and rotos
FABIENNE SHINE backing vocals

All songs written and produced by Damon Edge Except Trip the Switch, written by Damon Edge and Remy Devilla

Damon was bored of the U.S.A. He wanted change and he find it when moving to France with his wife Fabienne, of the Shakin Street fame. Trivia: The Dictators and later on Manowar guitarist Ross the Boss was their axeman!

bringing with him the Chrome entity. Helios is left in San Francisco, where he will start a solo career. The first recording of the "new" Chrome can be heard on the terrific Into The Eyes Of The Zombie King. Instrumentation and song structures became much simpler than before, giving a "purity" quality to Damon's music. Guitars are now played by french musician Remy Devilla, becoming the necessary second-half that Chrome needs. One must admit that the guitar work is amazingly basic, but that seems to fall into Damon's new vision of Chrome. They punctuates ice-rock anthems as Trip The Switch and You Can't Do Anything, while Damon brings synthesizers upfront on robotic songs as And Then The Red Sun or Humans In The Rain, where his voice gives claustrophobic tones. This is the beginning of a new era marked by coldness and catchiness.

There are many of those who question the quality of Damon Edge's Chrome. This is only to prove them wrong. Anything bearing the name Chrome is good, even the 1977 debut which is completely aside from the rest of their discography and is more Hawkwind than anything else.


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