Aerial View – Aerial View

Aerial View
Aerial View
1993 (no label)
Sacramento, California, USA

Aaron McMillian – Vocals, keyboards, guitars
Dwayne Stearns – Guitars and vocals
Johnny Carroll – Guitars
Roy Vandevender – Bass
Jerry Ward – Drums

Side A:

1. Kapygna
2. Disciples of Defeat
3. Seventeen
4. Shadows in the Dark

Side B:

1. Stand on Your Own
2. Price to Pay
3. Letter to a Friend

I have seen this demo listed many places before, but I just haven’t heard it before. For some reason I was expecting a commercial metal band, but they are actually a more traditional metal band with speed, progressive, and power metal leanings. Well, their website describes them as an “arena rock” band, but that is not the case on this demo. They also have a blue demo from the same year and same cover with different songs, so maybe that one is more commercial? I do see some commercial leanings as the tape goes along. This band also used to be called Oracle (not the one that released Selah). They apparently stayed active until at least 2009 releasing the occasional full-length after this demo.