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Tyrant: Hold Back the Lightning.

Here’s another superb “lost gem” from the early NWOBHM days which has found a release. The band is Tyrant. They formed around 1980 and hailed from the Gloucester area. And would follow the all too usual template of the times. Huge talent, lots of competition, limited opportunities, a single (the excellent Hold Back the Lightning), […]