Review by ZeroSymbolic7188 for Satan (GBR) - Court in the Act (1983)

Calling your band Satan is something that immediately puts me off, it just seams so try hard and edgy. I mean, bit on the nose innit? This was going to have to do something spetacular to shake the stink off of that. Album starts with over a minute intro with no metal in it-->At this point I'm not even mad just disappointed. Anyway eventually we finally get to the music, and it was a lot better than I expected. It wasn't good, but it was better than I thought it would be. What you get here is a poor man's Mercyful Fate. Now if you like most of what Mercyful Fate does but you can't get past King Diamond's falsetto, then this might be something to look at, but while you will lose the falsetto, you ill also lose a lot of polish. The band is trying their damnest-this is isn't suffering from a lack of effort. They just can't quite pull it off. The end result is somewhere between Diamond Head and Mercyful Fate, but it's not as good as either of those bands. They squeeze a 2.5 out of me here by surpassing expectations, and while it doesn't work for me, I think it will for a lot of people. This isn't going to be anyone's favorite album but it's going to be a welcome addition to a lot of playlists.