Urgent Message – Fate of the Wicked

Urgent Message
Fate of the Wicked
1991 (no label)
Norwalk, Ohio, USA

Noel Kidd – Lead vocals
Bill Hoose – Lead guitars
Theren Aldrich – Rhythm guitars, back-up vocals
Jay Wright – Keyboards, back-up vocals
Ned Courtright – Bass, back-up vocals
Tim Vanicheck – Drums, back-up vocals

1. Guilty
2. Sins in Demand
3. One Hour for Life
4. Comin’ Home

This tape starts off with one of those metal screams that often gets lampooned by others – starting low and moving up into much higher registers. But of course, metal heads love this. Urgent Message starts with a traditional metal sound with some slight progressive and power metal influences. Think a mix of Recon and Sacred Warrior. They get a little more commercial and melodic on the next two tracks, but not too much. And then they end with a piano power ballad. I don’t know if this band did anything else before or after this demo.