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Title: A band in their own metal subgenre
Review: In the early 80's, there really was only two american metal movements. There was thrash metal (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer) and hair/glam metal (Ratt, Motley Crue, Dokken). In 1984, the saints came marching and released their debut. Their debut, however, was differnt than the other material being released by American bands. They weren't hardcore thrash yet they weren't pretty boys either. They were band of their own sound at the time. It's like they took some Euro metal styles such as NWOBHM and mixed it with some thrash. Many called them "power metal", but that really doesn't fit them either as that genre is dominated by super fast bands such as Helloween, Running Wild, and Iced Earth. What can I say, they were a band with their own sound and its a shame their debut wasn't more of a success and the band was, and is, a terrific straight ahead metal band.
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