Blackmayne

Contact: blackmayne85@gmail.com In 1984, Blackmayne recorded a 2 or 3-song demo for Ebony Records producer Darryl Johnson, which featured a session vocalist and lyricist named Steve. The songs on it included "Lost Sons" (which became "Blackmayne," with new lyrics), and a song that wasn't re-recorded for the album (title unknown). This demo, along with the fact that Darryl had recorded guitarist Phil McDermott's former band, Breeze , for inclusion of a song on the Metal Warriors compilation, helped them to get an album deal. After the recording took place in November '84, the original sleeve design of the album was destroyed in a fire on the way to the printers, so a new album design had to be made. This put the release of the album back several months. The delay caused frustration, and Blackmayne disbanded in Summer of '85. 27 years later, the band was reactivated. The pre-Blackmayne band Isis isn't the same NWOBHM/hard rock band that released a demo tape entitled "Basic Typicality".