You can’t say that there’s anything especially original or unique here. That said, this disc is just some killer metal that’s a bit rough around the edges (in a nice way). Despite the lack of variety, it never feels old or tired or monolithic at all. This is just some good old fashioned hard rocking metal.
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Track by Track Review
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This is a smoking hot metal tune that’s got an epic metal element to it along with a more raw rock and roll sound.
Blind Fury They don’t really change things up a lot here, but this is fiery. With a title like “Blind Fury,” though, what did you expect?
Mr. 2 Words This is much meaner. It’s not a huge change, but it’s a meaner piece of music.
Love In The Back Another raw rocker, they don’t change anything much here.
Rain Are Us I wouldn’t call this melodic, but it is more melodic.
Red Kiss Anthemic and a little punky, this is also a killer metal jam.
The Party This reminds me of a more metal early Van Halen.
Last Friday Here they remind me a lot of early Iron Maiden. It’s another scorcher. It’s got some melodic music in its midst and they show no signs of getting boring.
Dad Is Dead Here we get more no frills metal. This is good and the formula is showing no signs of wearing thin despite its lack of variety. The guitar solo on this is particularly cool.
Swan Tears One of the most raw tracks on show, the chorus is still catchy. Part of this makes me think of Kiss.
The Reason This isn’t all that special, just more of the same. All that said, this isn’t getting boring at all.
Bang Bus Wow, this one’s cool. It’s got a very raw old school rock meets metal element to it.
Rain Somehow, this reminds me of the metal era of Alice Cooper quite a bit. It’s another good, but not necessarily great, song. The chorus is quite cool, though.
