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NP: Stormcrow - Enslaved In Darkness

I spent the rest of the morning listening to Iron Maiden - Senjitsu - twice. Based on encouragement from a month or two back I finally shelled out for the 24 bit download.

Not sure what to say, it sounds like any latter day Maiden to me. Overlong compositions where a melody guitar line follows the vocals exactly for 10 minutes. Rinse and repeat. That Writing on the Wall song is genuinely good though. The rest I couldn't tell you what it sounded like other than....a melody guitar line following the vocals exactly for ten minutes per song.

It was better than Fozzy though. I got curious after reading a blabbermouth review and watched a video. Gosh. Who is the target market for Fozzy? 

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5 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

NP: Stormcrow - Enslaved In Darkness

I spent the rest of the morning listening to Iron Maiden - Senjitsu - twice. Based on encouragement from a month or two back I finally shelled out for the 24 bit download.

Not sure what to say, it sounds like any latter day Maiden to me. Overlong compositions where a melody guitar line follows the vocals exactly for 10 minutes. Rinse and repeat. That Writing on the Wall song is genuinely good though. The rest I couldn't tell you what it sounded like other than....a melody guitar line following the vocals exactly for ten minutes per song.

It was better than Fozzy though. I got curious after reading a blabbermouth review and watched a video. Gosh. Who is the target market for Fozzy? 

I listened the other day, The Parchment stood out as a tour de force vocal performance given decades of strain on the chords and has moments that harken to days of olde-of courser it takes nearly 10 minutes to get to the pay off but that's modern Maiden. But I like the build up on that one. 

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7 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

NP: Stormcrow - Enslaved In Darkness

...some bullshit about Iron Maiden...

It was better than Fozzy though. I got curious after reading a Blabbermouth review and watched a video. Gosh. Who is the target market for Fozzy? 

 

Fozzy? I'm gonna say his target demographic is roughly 3 to 7 year olds.

 

Love Stormcrow  🤘   Just wanted to say that.

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5 hours ago, KillaKukumba said:

Satan's Taint - Destruction Ritual

After seeing you post this band several times now I have finally broken down and had myself a go. And I didn't mind it at all, until the vocals came in. I heard a couple of high notes there that had me a little worried for a minute. But I stuck with it and got past that and I don't hate this at all. Not gonna win any awards for creativity but I don't care about such things. Thought it was pretty funny to see someone criticizing this for sounding too much like late 80's Overkill when the songwriter is the one and the same Bobby G. Who else would they expect him to sound like? This isn't nearly as good as Overkill imo because clearly the other members all brought somethging to the table when crafting those albums, especially Mr Verni & Mr Ellsworth whose distinctive snarl I am missing. This actually sounds to me more like a mash-up of old Destrction, Sodom and Overkill. It probably wouldn't make my end of year list (even if it were a 2022 release) but it's a lot of fun, I might even be tempted to buy this.

 

 

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I wouldn't call it a favourite but I do like Bobby G. As you say it's not Overkill because it's missing some important elements but Bobby G is still a good musician. I think the name is a bit crappy and I'm not sure he had the publicity that someone who was such a part of the 80's scene deserved but chances are the band probably wouldn't have broken anything even if they did get some good publicity behind his three releases.

I know it was on limited release when it came out, I'm not even sure it can be bought now.

 

Fatal Embrace - Dark Pounding Steel

 

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