ELIXIR
The Son of Odin Released June 1986
Track listing
1. "The Star of Beshaan"
2. "Pandora's Box"
3. "Hold High the Flame"
4. "Children of Tomorrow"
5. "Trial by Fire"
6. "Starflight"
7. "Dead Man's Gold"
8. "Treachery"
9. "The Son of Odin"
LINEUP
Paul Taylor - vocals, keyboards on track 7
Phil Denton - guitar, keyboards on track 7
Norman Gordon - guitar
Kevin Dobbs - bass
Nigel Dobbs - drums
Elixir have released several demos, and albums, but this review of the band focuses on clearly their best effort, their magnificent debut album, Son Of Odin. What a killer album! This record has it all, catchy riffs, great guitar solos, and superb vocals by Paul Taylor. Best of all, there is no chetal filler anywhere (I can't say the same for some of their later albums). This album is so good, in fact, that In issue 137 (November 2005) of Terrorizer magazine, the album was included in the top 20 power metal albums of all time, alongside Judas Priest's Painkiller, Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II and Cirith Ungol's King of the Dead. In addition, it is the first album to inspire 2 Robscurities videos!
