The final album from
Rob Halford
's first post-
Judas Priest
band,
Fight
,
A Small Deadly Space
is definitely a strong one. The main course for the meal that
Halford
and the rest of the band (
Brian Tilse
Jay Jay
Mark Chaussee
, and
Scott Travis
) have served up is
heavy metal
. There is no real surprise there. However, there are actually quite a few moments that show off more progressive influences. You just have to give a cursory listen to
"In a World of My Own Making"
to spot them. The disc found
seeming like he was making a solid effort to not reproduce his
sound. Indeed, the disc showed a
who was staying more to the lower end of the register rather than screaming out in a
Priest-ish
display of vocal pyrotechnics. Overall, this is a great album, and certainly a nice bookend for the group's brief career. ~ Gary Hill