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Refreshingly surprising brilliance


Action: CRUSADER
Title: In For The Kill
Base: London • UK
Style: Classic Melodic Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Genre: Glam Hard Rock, Heavy Rock, Melodic Hard Rock, Melodic Heavy Metal
FFO: Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Ratt
Type: EP
Format: Digital + CD + Vinyl
Label: Independent
Distro: /
Release: May 15, 2025


Bulletpoints:
🔘 The newcomer sensation from London
🔘 Immediately convincing across the board
🔘 Songs straight out of the genre's playbook




[ "In For The Kill" • EP • 2025 ]


CRUSADER, these immensely talented Englishmen prove impressively that it is still possible to triumph into the scene with a real gem out of nowhere.



[ Artwork by Scott Rae ]


The bravura balancing act of the quartet around extremely capable vocalist Tommy Baptiste is based directly in the heyday of the 1980s right up to the present day - and the wonderful EP "In For The Kill" knows how to inspire immediately with an enormously fresh overall sound in addition to upliftingly energetic, completely fresh-sounding song material: just through and through awesome CLASSIC MELODIC HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL!

For the time being, CRUSADER have deliberately decided to let the music of their release speak for itself and thus stimulate the imagination and fantasy of the listener - as was often the case in the good old days when you only had one LP and knew absolutely nothing about the band in question. This gave rise to cult legends that never faded in the hearts and minds of many ...


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TRACKS
1. Wanted Man 05:29
2. Time (Never Stops Running) 04:55
3. In For The Kill 04:06

total: 14:09 min.

LINE-UP
Tommy Baptiste • Vocals
Kyle Stevens • Guitars
Scott Rae • Bass
Nik K • Drums

DISCOGRAPHY
2025 • In For The Kill • EP



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