Latter Reign – Live for the Day

Latter Reign
Live for the Day
1991 (no label)
California, USA

Luis Cardenas
Brad Smith
Dave Bonavich
July Cardenas
Glenn Graff

Side 1:

1. Prisoner
2. Real Love
3. Commin’ Back
4. Winds of Change

Side 2:

1. Don’t Close Your Heart
2. Only Believe
3. Live for the Day
4. Winds of Change (acoustic)

This demo starts off with some guitar chords that don’t give you the best impression by the way they are played, but then the song kicks in and they do turn out to know how to play their instruments. The sound kind of rides a line somewhere between commercial metal and traditional metal. A song like “No Goodbyes” was definitely aimed at the commercial metal anthem market of the late 80s/early 90s. The cover lists Track 3 as “Commin’ Back,” but this rip has that track as “No Goodbyes.” I think the song says both? So it’s probably the same song. There is also an acoustic version of “Winds of Change” that was not included in the rip I got – maybe because the original version is already mostly acoustic as it is. But just remember that completists like to see complete rips everyone 🙂