Emmaus – Demo

Emmaus
Demo
198? (no label)

Side 1:

1. Refuge
2. Soldiers of the Fight

Side 2:

1. Masquerade
2. Hold on to Jesus

At first glance, one would assume that this is a metal release. And one would be kind of right… but mostly wrong. The first three tracks are heavy on the synths and almost new-wave sensibilities. In fact, I would mostly describe this as female-fronted new wave-ish 80s rock with heavier guitars. The closest that the demo comes to metal is the last song, but it is really more up-tempo crunchy hard rock (even though the song title sounds more like ballad pop). They also suddenly switch to male lead vocals on this song as well. Not much information on this demo that I can find.

Missing Information: Release date, who played on this.