Night of the Blade is the second studio album released by the British heavy metal

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 band Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade is an English heavy metal band, active since 1982. Tokyo Blade is one of the many acts considered part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement from the late 1970s / early 1980s. Tokyo Blade went through many changes of formation and disbanded twice, often changing their musical...

 on Powerstation Records in 1984. It is the first Tokyo Blade album with Vicki James Wright (Vic Wright) on vocals. He replaced Alan Marsh when the vocal tracks for the album were already completed, forcing him to re-record the lead vocals in a very short time. Marsh's backing vocals remain on the album. The original vocal recordings by Alan Marsh were released in 1998 in the album re-issue Night of the Blade... The Night Before.

The album was also remastered and reissued in 1997, along with the album Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade (album)

Tokyo Blade is the debut album by English heavy metal band Tokyo Blade. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the tracks from the 1984 Midnight Rendezvous EP....

, by High Vaultage Records, the reissue edition containing the tracks of two EPs produced by the band in 1984 and 1985.

Track listing

1. "Someone to Love" (Andy Boulton, Alan Marsh) - 3:41
2. "Night of the Blade" (Boulton, Marsh) - 4:01
3. "Rock Me to the Limit" (Boulton, Marsh, Vicki James Wright) - 5:54
4. "Warrior of the Rising Sun" (Boulton, Marsh) - 4:25
5. "Unleash the Beast" (Boulton, Marsh) - 4:32
6. "Love Struck" (Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins) - 3:43
7. "Dead of the Night" (Boulton, Marsh, Wiggins) - 3:45
8. "Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)" (Boulton, Marsh, Wright) - 4:21

1997 remastered edition bonus tracks

1. "Fever" - 3:28
2. "Attack Attack" - 3:37
3. "Madam Guillotine" - 4:43
4. "Breakout" - 3:44
5. "Monkey's Blood" - 3:43
6. "Schoolhouse Is Burning" - 3:59
7. "Shadows of Insanity" - 5:01
8. "Jezzabell" - 3:20

Tokyo Blade

• Vicki James Wright - lead vocals
• Andy Boulton - lead guitar
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  , backing vocals
• John Wiggins - lead guitar
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• Andy Wrighton - bass, backing vocals
• Steve Pierce - drums

Production

• Roy Neave - producer
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• Ralph Jezzard
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   - engineer
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• Tony Spath - mixing