CITRON: "Radegast" LP
ZYX Metallic1989
Czech Repulique
 Ladislav Krizek - lead vocals
Jaroslav Barton - guitar / backing vocals
Jindrich Koita - guitar / backing vocals
Vladimir Vlasak - bass / backing vocals
Radim Parizek - drums / backing vocals

Rarity:
LP (english version) = 2
LP (czech version) = 2,5
CD = 3,5

Radegast
Let's keep on
Hunting mean Dwarfs
Again I'm missing you
Meeting Radegast
Radegast and the Beauty
Our Year
Moravian Girls
Radegast Outro

 CITRON's masterpiece "Radegast" is fantasy-inspired epic Power Metal with great refrains and melodies, the best tracks are the atmospheric >Radegast<, the epic blind guardianish >Let's keep on< or the furious >Hunting mean dwarfs<. All of these deserve to be called classics! Those of you who may think metal from east-europe is not interesting will change their mind after hearing this record, promised! The "Radegast" vinyl edition has a loveless outfit, the cover looks shitty, lyrics or an innersleeve are not included. This surely is to blame on the label, with a cover coming up to the enormous level of the music CITRON would have been more successful by far and you would have heard earlier about this masterpiece not only years to late through FORGOTTEN STEEL. But all will be well! Just catch the album, it is not too difficult to find here in germany. Maybe you will be lucky in some Secondhand Shop were you will have to pay only very few bucks because of the unspectacular optic the record is not cared about by people who do not know what magic lurks behind the veil of grey (cover). There exists also an original version of "Radegast" with czech lyrics, released already in 1987 on Supraphon label. The cover of the original pressing is slightly different (but not better) and the sound is way poorer. Also some songs are played slower, the total playing time on the english version is 36:26 min., the original plays about 4 minutes longer with the same songs! The czech version is hard to find and also highly recommend, but the english one is better. Best would be you buy both records, interesting to compare!
CITRON released their debut record already in 1981 ("Tropic of Cancer"), in 1986 "Full of Energy" came out in an english and a czech version and in 1987 "Vypust'te Psy!" was unleashed. Sadly none of the other records was even half as good as "Radegast", the last sign of life was a terrible Heavy Rock CD in 1992 called "Sexy Bomby" (the title alone makes me shiver, brrrrr). RIP, CITRON...

 

 

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