Urgent Cry – Demo

Urgent Cry
Demo
1987 (no label)
Vandalia, Ohio, USA

Darryl Gibson – Drums, acoustic guitar
Kevin Landon – Bass, keyboards
Bill Kuhn – Lead Guitar
Steven Mikel – Lead vocals, flute

1. Cry in the Wilderness
2. Unexpected
3. Christ is the Answer
4. No Pantomime

This is a different Urgent Cry than the other one that some are familiar with that had a split with a band called Seraph. This is mostly hard rock leaning towards metal with a distinct progressive rock/Rush influence. They don’t go for being a Rush-clone, but you can still see the influence. They accomplish this by leaning more towards the metal spectrum, especially on tracks like “Christ is the Answer.” This is definitely the stand out track on the album, although there is a classic rock appeal in the flute in the last song “No Pantomime” as well. There is also a bootleg demo called Live at Bellbrook High School that probably came after this tape that has live versions of “Unexprected” and “Cry in the Wilderness” plus 8 other songs.