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Deep Switch
12+ albums
NWOBHMheavy metalhard rockenglishNew Wave of British Heavy Metal
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You don't need mr Macmillan's NWOBHM-encyclopedia to tell you that DEEP SWITCH must have been quite an experience live. Just looking at the bandpix on the back sleave, with the 4 oddly-named bandmembers dressed up in top-hats, facepaint and weird clothing will tell you that this lot were something out of the ordinary. I guess you could say DEEP SWITCH belong to this secret bloodline of twisted, occult and extravagant British bands starting with the legendary psychsters BLACK WIDOW, took a bite of the "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" on it's way out of the 70's and into off-the-wall NWOBHM bands like AGONY BAG, HELL (666odz!), MARQUIS DE SADE etc.. (and which kept flowing all the way into the late 80's/early 90's in the likes of SABBAT and DELIVERANCE). There's something about the bandname that makes perfect sense. Their music really do reach deep inside of you and flicks something. Click! - and you're hooked. If classic Metal hits like the M.Fate'y "The Poison Lake" or "The Dark Angel" doesn't kickstart your neck-muscles, then catchy & original tunes like "Time Machine" and "Nine Inches Of God" surely will. At their best they could be the metallized soundtrack to the old horror/cult flick "The Wicker Man". Yeah! That's about as close as I could ever pidgeonhole them. I would imagine that Martin Walkyrie nicked more than a few ideas from Jinx & co when he formed his very own SKYCLAD, both musically and lyrically. They share the same paganistic vibes, although DEEP SWITCH is tot
