JUSTIN’S METAL REVIEWS W/C
MOTORHEAD / MOTORIZER
Let’s face facts here, Motorhead
are a British Rock institution, the very fact that the band are still going
strong after 32 years, commands great respect and although the band have had
line up changes they have somehow stayed the same, without sounding stale or
outdated, which is a neat trick in its self.
By my calculations this the Motorhead’s 20th studio album and I am pleased to
say it’s business as usual, Lemmy is still sounding as
good as ever and still craning out the hard edged Rock, with the bass chords,
the other guys do just as well.
Lets take a look at the songs, you have the superb lead track “Runaroud Man” that shows you they mean business and “Rock
Out” and “(Teach You How To) Sing The Blues” are just
as choc full of the patent Lemmy riffs. There are the songs about war, in the
shape of “When The Eagle Screams”, “Heroes” and “The
Thousand Names Of God”.
This CD yet more proof that there is plenty of life in the
old dog yet and that Motorhead are still a force to be
reckoned with and can still give the younger bands a run for their money, Motorheadbanger’s will rejoice, long may the band continue.
WEBSITE http://www.imotorhead.com/ & http://www.spv.de/
TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 40 mins + 11
ROCKING TRACKS
ROSS THE BOSS / NEW METAL LEADER
For those who don’t know Ross The Boss is the former
guitarist with Manowar and the Dictators, so you
should know what to expect, True Metal, for Ross is the Master of the power
chord and Lord of the riff, lightning will strike and thunder will
roar.
Musically this is Ross at his best, epic, larger-than-life
Metal, played with passion and conviction that takes no prisoners, its “Death
And Glory” all the way and as his song goes “I Got The
Right”, he certainly has. The
vocalist in the band is, Patrick Fuchs and although he’s no Joey D, his range is
slightly higher but suits the songs well, just listen to the relentless Metallic
power of “Plague Of Lies”, “We Will Kill” or “Blood Of Knives” and listen to the
Boss at his best, making his guitar growl like some rampant demon one minute and
screaming like a banshee the next.
It’s not all out Metal, there are plenty of dynamics on show here as the
very haunting start to “God Of Dying” shows where
Patrick gets to shine vocally before the Metal
commences.
Its really good to hear Ross The Boss back in action and
this will do very nicely until the next Manowar album,
buy or die indeed the limited digipack has 2 extra
tracks, also listen out for; “May The God’s Be With You”, with its very catchy,
commercialism, the epic “Immortal Son” and “The
Matador”.
WEBSITE http://www.ross-the-boss.com/ & http://www.afm-records.de/
TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 48 mins + 11
TRACKS