Chosen Stranger – Death Walker

Chosen Stranger
Death Walker
1992 (no label)
Springfield, Illinois, USA

Russ Atteberry – Lead vocals
Rusty Ellison – Guitars, vocals
Kevin Dunkel – Bass guitar
Jeff Ellison – Drums, vocals

  1. Forgiveness
  2. Waste of Time
  3. Follow the Leader
  4. Deathwalker

Following up their 1989 self-titled demo, Chosen Stranger returns with another excellent slab of commercial metal. This one is a bit heavier than the last, with some traditional / power metal sprinkled here and there. I know the title of the tape makes it sound like a death metal album, but that isn’t the case. There are several rips of this floating around the interwebs, and some of them come with a bonus track called “So Glad.” This song was on the Underground Metal compilation back in 1988. I think this was the end of the line for the band, but if some label wanted to scoop up all of their music and release a compilation – that would be at least 11 songs (including their early singles).

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