Originating from the Heavy Metal city of Birmingham, England, QUARTZ date back to 1974, and were considered to be at the forefront of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal boom. Their albums such as "Stand Up And Fight" or the "Satan's Serenade" EP, are known as the classics of the genre.
On January 31st, Skol Records will release "Too Hot To Handle", which can be considered as a complete unreleased album from back in the day, as it's a collection of 16 previously unreleased songs recorded between 1981 and 1982. Some of those tracks were re-recorded in different versions for the "Against All Odds" album (1983), and some of them see the light of the day for the first time ever. One thing is sure: "Too Hot To Handle" is a solid piece of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal history, and history of Heavy Metal in general, because of the band's connection with the legendary BLACK SABBATH.
The album's artwork was painted by Italian artist Roberto Toderico, known from cooperation with such extreme Metal acts as SINISTER, LOUDBLAST and ASPHYX.
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