Heir Force – Heir Force

Heir Force
Heir Force
1989 Deep Sky Records
Florence, Alabama, USA

Mike Walker – Guitars, bass, drums
Debbie Walker – Vocals

Side 1:

1. Kasbah
2. Singapore
3. Looking for the Night
4. Light in the Window
5. Leave It to the World

Sid 2:

1. Gulf of Mexico
2. Now I Know
3. In a Moment of Time
4. The Advance
5. Light

So as you can tell by the credits above – this band is basically Mike Walker (he also wrote and produced all of the songs) with either his wife or sister on vocals. I don’t know if this was because Mike can’t sing or just wanted to do female-fronted metal regardless of his singing abilities. But this is credible commercial metal, although sometimes I get the feeling the drums might be programmed? The only problem with this demo is the one that most of these one-person projects run into: only having one source of creative ideas can feel a bit same-ish after a few songs, even if intentionally different ideas are added in. Of course, some full bands run into this as well if they have one person dominating the whole song creation process. This demo gives you the feel that some person in rural Alabama wanted to have a metal band, and had to put it all together himself and get someone with singing chops to finish the package because he couldn’t find many other headbangers around him. Some label should have snapped him up and put him in a studio with a full band and producer.