Brilliant Chorus. What I love about the 80's scene was it wasn't just glam or thrash. There were loads of mid range bands that were able to mix heaviness with accessible melodies and choruses.
What used to be called Us metal (american metal bands who didn't play neither glam nor thrash metal, but have a "classic"/"traditional" european heavy/power metal sound to it) is the best type of metal IMHO.
Black Trip, a short-lived newer band from about 10-15 years ago or so is a good one even though they're worship and nothing original, the musicians are veterans who've been releasing albums with other bands for years... Witch Cross - Fit For Fight (make sure you listen to the original or a 2018 - 2024 reissue and not the horrible sounding 2012 version which was the first time it got a CD edition so it's the most commonly found version online) or even Tokyo Blade on the rare occasion when they slowed down. @@roby6993
One of my favorite albums its just so perfect not to soft not to hard not to heavy just perfectly balance and so freaking catchy and melodic i wish they whould of done more albums whit this line up especialy after this album
Really a great fucking hook. The chorus just popped in my head for no reason after 33 years or so. Looked it up and BAM! Fifth Angel. Not sure what else they did, but this is a great tune.
Adina Damian You aren't kidding! I was fortunate to live all of the music and excesses of the 80s, and still survive! I'm not ashamed to say that if they ever invented a one way time machine back to the 80s, I'd be the first in line!
As a child of the 80s, I have no shame in saying if I could go back, I would in a heartbeat! And Fifth Angel was the best band NOBODY heard of. They should have been as big as any of the Metal bands of the day IMO!
I agree. I still love this music and search out new releases from surviving bands. Newer generations try to do this sound and always come up short (they can't separate their newer influences out).
You got the nobody heard of part right, 1st tie ive listened to them or heard of them right now, so many bands from back then id prob love but just never heard of them
@@ausman05 Yep, even back in the day I came across them more or less by accident. I bought a cassette EP that had a few tracks each from FIfth Angel and Sanctuary's Refuge Denied. I loved Sanctuary so much that this band grew on me.
There's be no 80s metal without the 70s. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, UFO, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Rush, Judas Priest and Nazareth ALL paved the way.
This album and the band for that matter is criminally underrated. A friend of mine Jim Dofka just did the guitar work on the latest album When Angels Kill and it is also fantastic.
I was living with a GF and played this song around the house. I was totally in to the song. She asked me what it meant, and instead of answering what the band said, I said without thinking much, "It's just the way I look at us (our relationship)'. She went and immediately looked at the lyrics. We didn't last of course. But this song was dead on the money about it. I didn't intend to breakup at that point, but obviously there were wheels turning to protect myself. This is why this song means a lot to me. I stood and began to fight for myself.
When I saw this video many years ago, I thought it was Bon Jovi for a few seconds because I thought the singer looked a bit like Jon Bon with a similar hairstyle and the melodic style of the music. Then I noticed that it sounded so much more metal than Bon Jovi which put an end to my initial impression of it being them. Needless to say, Fifth Angel gained a new fan that day.
Should have been waaay bigger...Especially after that intro song for The Howard Stern Show at the height of hair metal...Solid sound, incredible Guitar work...Stands up today and forever...🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
Folks...if you don't have these two releases ....best get them while they can still be found...the second one is already running up in price. Fifth Angel deserves to be in any metal collection.
Dude.... I thought I was a wiz at 80s metal. Roxx Gang, Trouble Tribe, Cherry Street, Vain, Hericane Alice, Marcello, Beau Nasty...I thought I knew them all. HOW have I never heard of these guys?!?! My whole metal existence was a LIE 😂.
My dad once accidentally downloaded this video onto my old video MP3 player, and I never knew the band, but I always JAMMED. It's so nice to see it in such good quality on a larger screen, rather than a 1.3 inch pixelated screen! The childhood nostalgia is REAL!! 😭🔥🔥🎶
I am so sick & tired of commercial TV advertisers, I require Music the real remedy. Interruptions is like trespassers cutting in front of you in line. 5th ANGEL Rocks It REAL!!
This brings back a lot of very, very old memories. I was 13 and an outcast and oppressed. I endured horrible things during my youth and this video was on Headbanger's Ball back in 89 which was my unholy baptism into hard rock or as it was called then Metal. I personally think that hard rock and metal have a lot in common, but Fifth Angel really made me smile with their crossover between hard rock and melodic metal. My best friend at the time was horrified. Everybody went and attacked me for loving them. I had threats against me if I bought their albums. This was what life was like for me then and still is now! As an act of rebellion I would crank this when I saw the video after it was on the old VHS you used to record onto. Back in the days before everything turned bad with music and it became non-music.
That's so awful! Religious or not, no one should go through that kind of abuse just because they love a rock band! I always knew the world was a shit place, greedy politics who want all the money to themselves, bankers making more money than they should then there's ignorant kids who don't care about anyone else and think their best at gaming and go reporting people just because their better than them! What happened to a society without all this shit going on!
Jack Stringer I know. It's still disgusting for me. I was always attacked and still am over some non-issue. If people can't handle that I love Germany including their soldiers in 2015 why can't they grow up! It's things like this- Fifth Angel, Germany, my love for England, my love for most people, that gets me attacked. For no good reason at all! Thank you for finally saying something nice about me on RU-vid doesn't happen enough AT ALL! Much love to you Ben
Wow! What an era of memories. It was a special carefree feeling back then. It also helped us metal heads to have so much talent to be proud of. I am so grateful to be from that time period. Hanging out with friends and listening to great hooks like this. Damn how I miss it.
Listen closely, it's all around The way to make it I've always found is to Turn the thoughts inside Steal the strength that hides Follow feelings to make the climb Intuitions can tow the line, through the Bars that would not break To the great escape All alone in a change, may be a lonely place Everything is so strange in this race Time will tell, stand and begin to fight for yourself Time will tell anyway Time will tell, only the strong can take it so well Time will tell anyway Only time will tell Take a flame to ignite a try Indecision won't satisfy, all the Choices must be made When your hand is laid In the end there may be some pain Before you're back on your feet again, but it Always comes out right When you've won your fight All alone in a change, may be a lonely place Everything is so strange in this race Time will tell, stand and begin to fight for yourself Time will tell anyway Time will tell, only the strong can take it so well Time will tell anyway Time will tell, stand and begin to fight for yourself Time will tell anyway Time will tell, only the strong can take it so well Time will tell anyway Only time will tell Only time will tell Only time will tell Only time will tell
My god, another killer band from 1989! Awesome singer! So many bands mining the same ore back then. It was inevitable what happened - new music fans falling hard for grunge and the record companies dropping their 80's acts like they were a plague.
thats where the music companys made a big mistake dropingcbands from the 80s i bet they are regreting it now but 80s music is slowly making a comeback i hope it comes back completley that would make us very happy like bands like crazy lixx their music is 80s style
