Tempus Fugit – King of the Realm

Tempus Fugit
King of the Realm
1986? (no label)
Enfield, Connecticut, USA

1. King of the Realm
2. Tempus Fugit
3. You
4. Look at the People
5. Keep the Fire Burning
6. Escape
7. Breakout
8. Journey to Fantasy

This is a second demo by Tempus Fugit. I’m not sure if it is before or after Second Coming. My guess is that it is earlier demo, probably from 1986 (or earlier) as the title song “King of the Realm” appears on the Iron Tyrants Waging War compilation from 1986. As you can see, several songs from Second Coming appear here, although these are different recordings with slightly better production. The biggest difference is in the song “King of the Realm” – which has the intro singing back-masked for some reason, and doesn’t have that awesome multi-octave yell after that. The other songs on here that are not on Second Coming (“Look at the People,” “Escape,” “Breakout,” and “Journey to Fantasy”) I had to guess at their song titles. These songs sound a bit more progressive metal than the others. Also, the song “Keep the Fire Burning” would not play straight no matter how much I tried. The tape looked fine there, but there was obviously some kind of stretching or something that just made it garbled. Fortunately, it sounds almost just like the version on Second Coming.