So, after trying to get a trade list together, (makes getting more records easier) I decided it's high time to review this CD. First few seconds all I could think of was, "...batteries are about to die and I have a stack of these fucking things to listen to". Then the disc got rolling. I could hear stuff like MAIDEN & other classic melody-tinged NWOBHM stuff, but damn this guy's voice sucks! SUCKS! Too bad because the music is pretty smokin'. Speaking of smokin', my ashtray overfloweth. Should probably do something about that. Ehh, I'll get this done and move on to that next. My life is too complicated to be bothering multitasking anymore. Not that I don't have the upper hand on you bastards by having a great case of ADHD but still, one leg at a time people.

Man, the more I listen the more bummed I am on this guy's voice. Coulda been on par with WOLF and you know how rad that band is. They're the ginchiest or whatever the kids say nowadays. They got a lock on this sound man. I mean seriously! When you want to hear a new band playing what coulda been outtakes from MAIDEN records or maybe even a little of the FATE they got it down. This is just a pale "substitute for another band. They may look the part but the music's bland."

I dunno man, he just reaches too high and too far. He kinda sounds like your buddy when he tries to do the high metal thing in time to "Screaming For Vengeance" where, sure, it's high but it's not tight and it crackles. Flat flat flat. There is nothing here that screams "Listen to me!" and only because they need a better vocalist. They coulda been contenders.

- Two Tub Tony

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