The late Marco Paganini (RIP) was a true rocker, starting his career in the Seventies and later forming his own band Paganini in the ’80s. But before that, Marco was the frontman of German hard rockers VIVA early in the decade. Mostly known for being the band founded in the late Seventies by keyboardist Barbara Schenker – the sister of Michael and Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions fame – VIVA, together with Accept and Trance, is considered one of the first ‘real metal’ bands from Germany.
French label Axe Killer (now re-branded Bad reputation) was a pioneer of metal / hard rock-related remastered reissues with access to original master tapes. As requested, here’s their remaster of VIVA‘s “
Artist: The Cult Album: Sonic Temple Year: 1989 Genre: Hard Rock, New Wave Format: FLAC (image+.cue, scans) | MP3 CBR 320 Class Status Vinyl: Ex Size: 2.24 Gb | 130 Mb
