Adam West goes for a cleaned-out, amped-up riff roar that fueled both the clean-lined arena rockers. Think AC/DC ’78, UFO tunes, and some choice Nazareth.
Plenty of bands play this heavily at tempos this slow, but very few make it breathe like Acid King. The grooves are simple and fluid with plenty of space.
Both bands have been holding down the DIY fort in CT for a long time, even if their music hasn’t progressed past “average local opening band” maturity.
Mature, self-aware and highly enjoyable, Into The Light proves that Coverdale was a true blues’n’ballad artist incredulously flung into hair band stardom.
Originally, In The Sign… contained four songs, three of which were re-recorded for their full-length. This is the debut MCD, with two Bathory cover bonuses.
New vocalist for record two, but same quick-footed Swedish death sound as Darkane drill the listener, propelled by the Calamity Kane drumming of Peter Wildoer.
When Australia’s Damaged scored ex-Brutal Truth throat Kevin Sharp, they scored big. Sharp is one of the most diverse and aggressive singers in extreme music.
EMN ’01 are a pretty cool cross between Tesla, L.A. Guns, Brother Cane, and Jackyl – not too, too Southern, but squarely on the roots/sleaze side of L.A.