(Heavy Progressive) Dirk Steffens (ex Birth Control) - The Seventh Step - 1976 - 2008, MP3, 320 kbps

First solo album of ex-BIRTH CONTROL guitarist. Fantastic collection of both powerful and melodious songs with competent instrumentation.
Dirk Steffens was for a short period (from 1973 to 1974) guitarist in Birth Control. In Autumn 1975 he began work on his first solo album The Seventh Step (1976), a powerful collection of hard rock songs, well performed by Steffens (guitar), Rainer Baumann (guitar on some tracks). Ian Cussick (bass, vocals, who'd also worked with Lucifer's Friend) and Rolf Kohler (drums, percussion, who previously worked with Achim Reichel). Steffens revealed himself as a technically competent guitarist.

Band:
Ian Cussick — bass, vocals
Dirk Steffens — lead guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar
Rolf Köhler — drums, percussion, vocals