Of all the cds that Ive heard and bought this year alone, which is way over the 100 mark. Riots Fire Down Under really caught myattention. This album explodes out of the gate and just rocks the house down track after track. Most impressive is the guitar attack led by Mark Reale's lead. Amazing ! Guy Sparanza's vocals are just right for this band, and reminds me of Buzz Sherman of Moxy. I wish that he would have stayed with Riot to do more. This is an amazing album, the rock on this album is some of the best of the period and absolutely deserves to be every bit as recognized for being one of the best records ever. its been hard for me to put this disc aside its just so damn good. Riot had a hard time making it here in the states with the record companies not ready for this metal attack, and had to take their act overseas where they mixed in well with the new wave of british heavy metal scene and were recieved with open arms by the european metal fans. There fore Riot flew under the radar here in the states and we were denied the greatness of this band. What few copies there were here in the states became cultish and cherished by those who were fortunate enough to obtain or hear them. Riot's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th albumns Narita , Fire Down Under , and Restless Breed are killer heavy metal attacks done up right in american style. While they may be deemed as cultish even now these albums especially Fire Down Under, should be in every music fans collection! If you havent heard Fire Down Under you most definitely need to, alone with the Narita and Restless Breed. I can't beleve that something this good isnt a relevent part of Rock n Roll history. Riot should be one of the top metal bands to come out of the 1980s heavy metal scene. Fire Down Under is a barn burner of a album and one of the best ever. I highly suggest you get your copy asap.