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THE BLACK RIDERS Chosen Few (UK 1985) 80s Geophagus series
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THE BLACK RIDERS - Chosen Few (1985) NWOBHM
GI Records GILP 555
01. Can't Stop Us Now
02. Mindless Violence
03. Can't Hold On
04. Twilight Zone
05. Frankenstein
06. Chosen Few
07. Addiction
08. Time To Run
09. Money Talks
Darryl Fayle (vocals)
Paul Daugherty (guitar)
Ali McCullough (bass)
Mark Creator (keyboards)
Stan Matthews (drums)
The Black Riders were a five piece NWOBHM band who hailed from the unlikely locale of the Isle Of Man in the early 1980's.
The band specialized in melodic and accessible Heavy Metal, and unlike many of their peers were blessed with a great vocalist, Darryl Fayle.
They debuted with a full length album called "Chosen Few", on the GI record label in 1985.
The records production and the quality of the songs were a cut above most '80's independent Metal releases and should have led the group to bigger things.
Following the album's release the line up fragmented, but Fayle & guitarist Mike Byrne recruited three new members and kept the band going.
In 1987, the new line up contributed the re-recorded song "Chosen Few" to the four way split EP "Battleaxe", on Other Records.
The other featured bands on the EP were HOLOSADE, KES & TEACHER'S PET.
Sadly this was to be the band's last hurrah, and The Black Riders split soon after.