Towne Cryer – Against All Evil

Towne Cryer
Against All Evil
1992 Nehemiah Records
Los Angeles, California, USA

Gena McClure – Vocals
Steve Metzger – Guitars
Jerry Rotz – Guitars
Gary Ottosi – Bass
Ron McClure – Drums

Side 1:

1. Shadow of Death
2. Stone Cold Heart
3. Hound of Heaven
4. Free
5. Seek Life

Side 2:

1. Time Ran Out
2. Lights
3. Sacrifice of the Lamb
4. Let Go

I seem to remember Towne Cryer being featured in many magazines back in the day. They also got compared to Ordained Fate due to being female-fronted metal (and probably the bass line that starts this tape sounding like the one that started the first Ordained Fate CD). However, they really don’t sound a whole lot alike beyond the metal connection. Town Cryer is thrash metal that blends in power metal along with some vocals stylings and progressive metal musical touches that bear a slight Tourniquet influence. If you are into this music, they do it quite well. Some sources state they have several demos, but only list one other release – Death by Sin in 1998.

Update: turns out they have at least one self-titled demo before this tape in 1990.