The Tygers have been around for decades now and of course were up there right from the start of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
And still pumping out the good stuff today as evidenced by their last two recent albums – Ritual from 2019 and last year’s excellent Bloodlines.
OK – we can forgive them the 1980s blip of The Wreck-Age and Burning in the Shade. Those years were a wasteland for many a decent rock band.
Now in April 2024 we have a most fine live album form the lads. Bloodlines. Recorded at The Patriot in Crumlin last year on the Bloodlines tour.
Robb Weir and the crew on top form scorching through a career-spanning set of classics from the NWOBHM days all the way through to recent offerings.
From those obligatory old classics such as Gangland and Hellbound to the first class newer stuff such as Destiny, Edge of the World and Fire on the Horizon.
The sound is crisp and clear and the band’s performance top notch. They deliver and then some as you’d expect really.
Craig Ellis and Huw Holding provide the stable platform on which Weir and newsih guitarist Francesco Marras pile on the power, riffage and scorching solos. Marras shreds up a storm.
Jack Meille is a superb vocalist and he most certainly proves that here in a live setting.
The Tygers most certainly retain the chops and know how to put that over on stage. The old stuff is fresh, powerful and aged well. The newer stuff from Ritual and Bloodlines fits in seamlessly.
Here’s Gangland:
And the band seem to be enjoying themselves and enthusiastic – that comes over well enough.
With no holding back over a full eighteen song set there’s nothing not to like. The Tygers still bite hard….!
I’m not generally the biggest fan of live albums – though Live Blood is a fine example of how one should be done.
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