Traitors Gate were one of the diamonds in the rough adorning the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Their 1985 12" has by now turned into a sought after collector's item, often labelled with three figure price tags and extremely hard to get hold of. No wonder: Whoever is into bands like Jaguar, Blitzkrieg or the genre-defining Persian Risk should have this one on his want list. Yet even though Traitors Gate started promisingly enough, like so many of their peers, the young band parted ways before real success could set in. The "Traitors Gate" band line up began life in 1979 as "Cyron", playing original and cover material.
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