For those not in the know, Prior Convictions presents a fresh chapter in Alcatrazz’s legacy, bringing together newly re-recorded versions of nine 1980s-era classics alongside two brand-new compositions, Transylvanian Requiem and Stand And Wait Your Turn.

The album delivers a powerful mix of tradition and modern intensity, showcasing the band’s enduring impact on heavy metal. Founding members Jimmy Waldo (keyboards) and Gary Shea (bass) continue the legacy they launched in 1983, while guitar virtuoso Joe Shredlord Stump adds his trademark neo-classical firepower.

Frontman Giles Lavery (Warlord/Jack Starr/Dragonsclaw) honors the band’s history while proving himself a commanding vocalist in the Alcatrazz lineage. The result is a record that bridges past and present with fierce conviction.

1. Transylvanian Requiem
2. Stand And Wait Your Turn
3. Jet To Jet
4. Starr Carr Lane
5. Hiroshima Mon Amour
6. Island In The Sun
7. Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live
8. God Blessed Video
9. Skyfire
10. General Hospital
11. Kree Nakoorie

This explosive new metal rock n roll album opens on the Asian-hued guitar supreme Transylvanian Requiem and the melodic rocker Stand And Wait Your Turn, and then we get the feisty, throaty Jet To Jet, the formidable Starr Carr Lane and some rock storytelling within the emboldened Hiroshima Mon Amour.

Along next is the midtempo rhythmical pop-rock beauty Island In The Sun and the guitar driven rocker Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live, which are in turn backed seamlessly by the frenetically charged God Blessed Video, the Maiden-esque Skyfire, the set rounding out on the fist-pumper General Hospital, closing on the keyboard launching pad for the soaring guitar rock of Kree Nakoorie.

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