Bonz has been replaced by Lord Nelson, and beneath the new guy’s old school rapping, you get Rich’s soul-replenishing croon and his huge, grinding riffs.
Fans will get hard-ons for Candiria, Iced Earth, Stuck Mojo, and Nevermore while being exposed to Krisiun, …And Oceans, The Forsaken, and other eye-poppers.
18 tracks, maxing out at just over 70 minutes of metal, most sub-genres represented. Groove-oriented nĂĽ metal allows the indulgence of black/Goth/dark metal.
Stuck Mojo manage to make their live document feel like a sun-dappled festival gig in the ’70s. Perfectly crystalline production by long-time bud Andy Sneap.
By the end of Rising, Stuck Mojo have run through hip hop and a political-bashing thrash-a-rama, but it’s the down-and-dirty shuffle thang that trips me out.