The time has likely come to delete ‘NWOBHM legends’ as a prelude to any mentioning of Tygers Of Pan Tang. Bloodlines is halfway decent, but it could have been recorded by any bog-average Euro-metal mob.
Put brutally, this is the sound of the band’s founding guitarist Robb Weir dithering about with an assortment of unmemorable sidemen; the red-raw appeal of the Tygers’ early-doors, Jess Cox-fronted line-up is now a very distant memory. Which of course it is.
