Chrome - INTO THE EYES OF THE ZOMBIE KING (1984)

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 And Then The Red Sun
 You Can't Do Anything
 Walking and Looking for You
 Into the Eyes of the Zombie King
 Trip the Switch
 It Wasn't Real
 Humans in the Rain
 Don't Move Like That


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 DAMON EDGE
 lead vocals, synthesizers, TV, treatments on all instruments, cover art
 REMY DEVILLA
 guitars and overlays
 RENAUD THOREZ
 harmonized bass guitar
 PATRICK IMBERT
 electronic drums and rotos
 FABIENNE SHINE
 backing vocals

 All songs written and produced by Damon Edge
 Except Trip the Switch, written by Damon Edge and Remy Devilla

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Damon was bored of the U.S.A. He wanted change and he find it when moving to France with his wife Fabienne, bringing with him the Chrome entity. Helios is left in San Francisco, where he will start a solo career. The first recording of the "new" Chrome can be heard on the terrific Into The Eyes Of The Zombie King. Instrumentation and song structures became much simpler than before, giving a "purity" quality to Damon's music. Guitars are now played by french musician Remy Devilla, becoming the necessary second-half that Chrome needs. One must admit that the guitar work is amazingly basic, but that seems to fall into Damon's new vision of Chrome. They punctuates ice-rock anthems as Trip The Switch and You Can't Do Anything, while Damon brings synthesizers upfront on robotic songs as And Then The Red Sun or Humans In The Rain, where his voice gives claustrophobic tones. This is the beginning of a new era marked by coldness and catchiness.
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