Tracks Side 1:

1. Master Heartache (4:37)

2. Hard Rain Fallin '(2:56)

3. Lady of FIRE (2:53)

4. Lake Isles of Innersfree (4:04)

5. Pumped Up (4:07)

Tracks Side 2:

1. KINGDOM COME (6:39)

2. I Got A Woman (3:03)

3. Hell Hound (3:20)

4. Helium Head (I Got A LOVE ) (4:02)

5. Ain't Got Hung On You (2:24)

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HEAVY metal is commonly thought To have been pioneered by bands such as BLUE CHEER of course, BLACK SABBATH , The very First Album To HEAVY metal 'though was Sir Lord Baltimore's 1970 album KINGDOM COME , in A review FORThe magazine Creem. Like The aforementioned bands Sir Lord Baltimore was unpopular with The ofTheTime but unfortunately didn't have TheSame underground fanbase, causing them To remain obscure despite The quality ofTheMUSIC ,

Taking influence From blues-rock and psychedelia, and performing in A Sound quite A lot like AHEAVIER Cream and BLUE CHEER , Unlike BLACK SABBATH though, who created their gloomy HEAVY Sound by slowing TheMUSIC down, Sir Lord Baltimore's MUSIC is usually very fast-paced and energetic, with The heaviness created by A high amount of distortion in The guitar and sometimes also The bass. As well as this, A huge amount of The guitar To give it extra strength and power, and creating an effect that makes it seem as if more than One guitar is playing. This multi-tracking is what gives The MUSIC of it's own unique Sound ,

The album is filled with powerful and catchy Deep Purple-esque riffs, as well as some fantastic Hendrix inspired solos and licks. None of The MUSIC is particularly original, save FORThe obviously HEAVIERSound , but The band manage To create their own Sound well with their obvious influences. As well as The guitar, The bass is very prominent. While it usually simply follows The guitar, there are some very impressive bass parts, such as The To 'Hard Rain Fallin' '.

The drumming is usually quite simple but is fast paced and creates The Energy TheMUSIC needs. The drummer, John Garner, also does The vocals, which apparently didn't work too well when they played Live The vocals are consistently good OnThe album. 

While Garner doesn't have A huge range or A HIS rough singing is always totally powerful, fitting in perfectly with TheHEAVYMUSIC , with him almost shouting The lyrics at times. He also manages To sing well in A The only calm song ofThe album, The harpsichord and 12-string guitar-led 'Lake Isle of Innersfree '. At times though, The vocals get so manic they Can SoundA little silly, but it's easy To ignore. Lyrically, Sir Lord Baltimore are much The Same LOVE and Psychedelic themes, completely different ToTheChristian themes they've adopted after reforming ( Without The bassist) in 2006. None of The The focus here.

While 'Lake Isle of Innersfree' is A One problem with The album: despite being quite short at under 40 minutes, there isn't really much variety in TheMUSIC , This isn't A huge problem as all of The songs have fantastic riffs and little filler and The album doesn't really have TimeTo get boring, but it would have been better To have more songs like 'Lake Isle of Innersfree ' To break it up A bit more.

While at The Time of release this would have sounded much HEAVIER THAN nearly anything else, nowadays there isn't A lot that really separate it From other hard rock bands ofThe Same Time , Because of this, KINGDOM COME Sound very much of its Time , now fitting in completely with bands such as DEEP PURPLE , if You like 70's hard rock already there isn't really any reason not To like this, but it probably won't appeal To ToThe genre.

Review Summary: Very early HEAVY metal. Very HEAVY FOR Time with some excellent riffs and guitarwork and decent but slightly inconsistent vocals. Recommended FOR fans of DEEP PURPLE , (username345 / sputnikmusic.com)

Louis Dambra - Guitar
Gary Justin - bass
John Garner - Drums, Lead Vocals