Pinnacle - Assasin 1974 UK,Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rockbr br br Rare privately-pressed album by a Liverpool heavy rock band. br The spelling of the title is theirs. br Musically, this is a sonic assault with pounding drums and bass and frenzied keyboards. br Powerful stuff indeed. br A sort of prototype heavy metal album that was originally only available as a demo. br Clearly of interest to heavy rockmetal fans. This very rare only Pinnacle album has always pleased my ears. Their style is a very nice mix of hard rock and space rock and their sound has lots of similarities with Hawkwind which many people have already mentioned. However their style might be a little bit heavier than Hawkwind's but in case you enjoy Hawkwind's music I'm pretty sure you'll dig Pinnacle's Assassin as well.br br Although the album is very consistent and balanced I can still name my personal favourite song. It's the A-side closer "Astral Traveller" which kicks ass big time. But the rest of the material is strong as well and I can fairly say that I enjoy all of these eight songs very much. The singer might annoy some people but I find his rather odd performance to be very entertaining. His akward singing really fits into this music.br br There's nothing major to complain about. Assassin is a very solid record and worth giving a try if you like these genres and especially if you like Hawkwind and other similar sounding music.br br Tracks:br 01. Assasin — 0:00br 02. Time Slips By — 5:14br 03. Cyborg — 10:20br 04. Astral Traveller — 15:24br 05. The Chase — 21:32br 06. Thumbscrew — 25:40br 07. The Ripper — 30:29br 08.