ONE-SIDE HEAVY METAL LP entitled "TEMPEST" on the PROMO Hot Rod Records label. Produced and engineered by Alex Woltman and recorded at Pasha Music House in Hollywood. No date but the sound here is early to mid 1980's L.A. metal! EXCELLENT MELODIC METAL WITH A REAL PRO SOUND!!! Power rhythms, solid vocals and tons of ripping leads dominate this rare and unknown 4-track heavy metal LP!
U.S. of L.A. (De Vane, Sunnarborg). -Exotica ( DeVane). -Lonely Nights ( Sunnarborg). -Street Life Warrior ( DeVane)

This certainly is a rare metal gem! TEMPEST were a fantastic melodic metal band from Los Angeles in the '80s. This classic 1988 demo features four kick-ass, catchy melodic metal anthems with very solid production and fantastic singer with a great gritty-blues voice! Not to be confused with the Christian prog-metal band on Magna Carta or any of the other "Tempests", this band played the Los Angeles area in the late '80s and their claim to fame was having a song on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the B-movie horror flick Black Roses (1988, Metal Blade Records). The band had the song “Streetlife Warrior” on that rare out of print soundtrack that also featured cuts from Bang Tango, Lizzy Borden, King Kobra, Hallow's Eve and the fictitious metal band Black Roses (which featured Carmine Appice and members of King Kobra). The soundtrack also featured a track by David Michael Phillips
who played guitar for Tempest (as well as for King Kobra).

Unfortunately I don't know the other members of Tempest (no band credits on demo) other than the songs were written by Devane and Sunnarborg. This is a fantastic demo in excellent condition (other than slight discolor on spine of J-card). Thick glossy B&W J-card w/ white cassette with black typeset (tracks repeat on reverse side). c1988 Hot Rod Records.

Drummer Duane Monk and bassist Steve DeAcutis round out the rhythm section. Tempest debuted in 1987 with A Coming Storm on Pure Metal Records.