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<\/a><\/p>\nOriginal, progressive, new paths taken etc. etc. are words and expressions that\u00a0don’t describe\u00a0this album. If you are looking for something like that, you can stop reading and wasting your time. But if you like good, plain, true U.S. metal with quite a few cliches, but with the right attitude and performance, you are reading the right review.<\/p>\n
With\u00a0rather known names in the line-up, like Ross the Boss, \u00a0Stu Marshall, Mike Davis, Steve Bolognese and last but not least Sean Peck, you can expect something heavy and steady. In my humble opionion, everything on this album is done right, the songs are rather catchy, the refrains are easy to sing a long, the riffs are heavy and Sean’s vocals are metal as iron. His voice has the perfect true metal sound, a mix of Rob Halford and James Rivera. After a real metal intro, the first song sets of fast. Sean’s voice is very recognizable and automatically, I have to think of his other band Cage. Certainly, the first song could have been on a Cage album and some faster heavy songs, too, but in general, the music is a little less fast than Cage songs. The solo in the first song has a very recognizable tune and the best song is, in my opinion, the third track. It reminds me of early Vicious Rumors: melodic, aggressive and with the same kind of sound.<\/p>\n
Is it then all gold that glitters? No, sometimes I have the\u00a0feeling that Sean sings a little over the top and a single track is perhaps a bit too cliche (“The Way Of the\u00a0Gun”). Nevertheless, there are not a lot of albums this year that will be a blue print of what metal stands for. If you think that\u00a0the new Iron Maiden is true\u00a0metal, you haven’t listened to this album yet. More metal than this is almost impossible. If you call yourself a true metal music lover, you can’t ignore this album! For fans of Helstar, Vicious Rumors, New Eden, Cage, Destiny’s End, Halford, Agent Steel, Judas Priest and\u00a0true U.S. (power) metal.<\/p>\n