Titan Force

Although they are mostly remembered as the band fronted by singer Harry Conklin during his many years of separation from American metallic stalwarts Jag Panzer — circa 1988 to 1995 — Colorado Springs’ Titan Force were actually masterminded by three brothers, Mario (guitar), John (bass, vocals), and Stefan Flores (drums) dating back to 1983. Initially phoning themselves just Titan, the siblings documented a four-track demonstration before recruiting guitarist/keyboardist Expenses Richardson and acquiring to local night clubs (where they opened up a few regional Jag Panzer displays, ironically), nonetheless it wasn’t until Conklin’s introduction a couple of years later the right now renamed Titan Push were given an opportunity to record their eponymous debut recording for self-employed U.S. Metallic Information. Released in 1989, the platter’s theoretically proficient make of traditional metallic bridged the stylistic space between your chart-friendly Queensrÿche as well as the more difficult Fates Warning, therefore rendering it palatable to followers of both intensifying and power metallic. For his or her follow-up, 1991’s Champion/Loser, Titan Drive once again shown reputable songwriting chops while further emphasizing their significant instrumental prowess, with MVP honors distributed by Mario’s top-notch shredding and John’s dexterous bass works. But their record company’s limited assets did nothing to improve the band’s account, and after concluding a tour of Germany with Anvil and Picture X Wish, Titan Force discovered themselves on hostile surface back America, where Nirvana acquired lately flipped the proverbial desk of musical style against rock. Therefore after limping along for some more years, documenting the occasional demonstration to generalized record firm disinterest, Titan Drive finally fell aside when Conklin reunited using a recently resurrected Jag Panzer. Since that time, aside from several very uncommon reunion displays (including 2002’s Bang YOUR MIND Open Air Celebration in Germany), the group provides pretty much dropped into obscurity.