New singer Souzo has that Hetfield quality about his wife; combining strength with melody. From opening track "Permanently Damage," which sounds like the great W.A.S.P. song Blackie never wrote, to ended "Take What you Want" there is not a turkey to be found here. If you miss 80s metal but can't quite take Trivium doing it then this lot might be your answer. It's American metal with bells and braces on. Great stuff and a welcome return from a great band.
Tristania - Ashes
What with the seeming onslaught of female fronted metallic music around this days I thought the column would be a bit thin if we didn't have one such group. On this occasion it's Tristania with their combination of brutality, male melodic vocals and ethereal operatic female vocals. At times they come across as a cut-down version of Therion.
Ashes is a collection of eight tracks that will take you all round the houses musically ranging from almost black metal styling to melodies not out of place on a Evanescence CD. Tristania like Therion don't just play music they take one on a musical journey through their world. If you don't mind a nice mix of female vocals with your heaviness then check this lot out. You will be glad you did.
Well that is my lot for this week. A wee bit of news from my band, we finally got our tracks up on Coke music service. You know I have to be an early adopter. Well lets just say they didn't take us the first time. Second thing is a candidate for mayor here in London has decided to use us for his run for the office. While he is not of Arnie proportions it's an honour just the same.
As always check out live music whenever you can, stay safe, and stay rocking.
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