Death metal seems to be the genre of choice at the moment and if you are going to be a death metal band, you might as well be a good death metal band, and Viseron is just that.

Reborn In Darkness kicks off right from the start and does not relent until the very end. Galloping, double kick drums (and who doesn’t like double kick drums?), mixed with pounding guitars and guttural growls, this band are the typical melodic death metal band.

But who wants to be just a death metal band, eh? Throw in some black metal vocals too and you have a band that crosses the genres. Melodic and anthemic yet raw and edgy and with a steady pace all the way through, this song should appeal to a wide range of people.

The length of a track is always important to me too when reviewing and this track is just right. Some death/black metal songs seem to go on forever but this one knows when it’s reached its limit for maximum impact. Any longer and I think the force of the song could have been somewhat lost.

A great offering from a band only formed in 2019! Fantastic job \m/

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The thing I love about music is that you think you know what you like and then an absolute gem of a track comes along and blows that entirely out of the water!

This track certainly did that. Starting off with a bass intro, and not enough tracks have bass intros if you ask me, the song didn’t take long to build up into the awesome song that it is.

The drum beat throughout gave the track a stomping feel to it, but this was also interspersed with electronic chimes and sounds that also made it unique. I am not one for pigeonholing tracks or bands anyway, but I would challenge any one to try and pigeonhole this.

The singer has a great, gravely voice that is perfect for the song and even when distorted does not seem out of place. The change of tempo part way through gives the listener just enough breathing room before the track builds right back up again.

To me, the song has a dark but quirky sound, and I could hear rock influences as well as alternative pop and electronic, coming through.

I really would like to hear more from this artist and album and this track proves you can be as diverse with the music you listen to as you want to.

I loved it!

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Well, this one was something different for me. I don’t usually enjoy instrumentals anyway and electronic music is not something I would normally listen to.

However…

After listening through this four or five times I can actually see the pull of electronic music. Not only is it very relaxing, the pulses and beats of the music affecting the listener in different ways than most other genres of music, but it can literally transport you into a different dimension.

The music had a very futuristic feel to it, and I could imagine sitting in a minimalist spaceship somewhere in the galaxy, just the music for companionship, and feeling totally at peace.

The calming effect the sounds had on me were like nothing I have experienced before, and it literally put a whole new perspective on music for me.

The change of tempo and electronic sounds throughout the track made the song very atmospherical and left the listening in a euphoric state.

This might actually lead to me to listen to more electronic music. A job well done!

Gullotine A.D. are a death metal band hailing from Georgia, USA and Born To Fall is their second album, released on 24/06/2022.

The band was originally formed in 2003 by brothers Adam and Lance Miller, who had grown up on 70’s hard rock legends but who really cut their teeth on bands such as Lamb of God and Shadows Fall.

Life meant the band had to take a decade long break, but they reformed in 2015 with drummer, Evan Posey, and they took inspiration from classic death metal bands such as Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under and mixed it with the New Orleans sludge of Crowbar and Eyehategod and the Scandinavian black metal of Mayhem and early Enslaved, to create their own, unique sound.

Their website states they wanted “to sound like if Obituary moved to New Orleans and tried to play down-tuned versions of Satyricon songs.”

The band are signed to M-Theory Audio.

The album is well-written with planned and controlled song writing. There is a raw, edginess that makes the album heavy but not heavy just for the sake of it.

The vocals are unclean and throaty, trademark death metal vocals, but melodic so the actual lyrics can actually still be understood. You will have to ask the band if this is a good thing or not!

Death metal is not really my thing, but I do like the melodicness (if that’s a word!) of this album. With its rumbling bass, galloping drums and pounding guitars, this album chugs along, doomy yet cutting, melodic but heavy and it would definitely still be classed as an extreme metal album, the vocals having a black/death metal tone to them.

The album’s cover was painted by Eliran Kantor, a Berlin-based artist who has created Goya-esque art for dozens of metal bands including Testament, Venom Prison, Soulfly, Loudblast and Helloween and perfectly captures the themes of the song lyrics.

A mixture of doom, sludge, death and black metal this album seems to have it all and its appeal should reach out to many people, not just death metal fans.

But please don’t take my word for it. Go and get yourself a copy and see for yourself. I don’t think you will be disappointed. I have listened to it through a few times now and it is certainly growing on me the more I hear it.

Go on, treat yourself! You know you want to \m/

TRACK LISTING

1. Vultures of Paradise
2. Exile
3. War First
4. Spiritual Insect
5. I Want to Believe
6. Born To Fall
7. Hammer
8. Madness Of The Gods

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You get some metal and rock songs that seem to go on for days and then you get Jane N The Jungle….raw and straight to the point!

The song opens strongly, delivering you right to the centre of the track, no long intro or messing around of any sort. The female singer’s voice is strong and powerful, as all heavy metal singer’s, male and female, should be! She takes control of the song and never lets the music behind her overshadow her.

The guitar work is fantastic, and the bass/drum section holds everything together superbly.

As always, tempo changes throughout the track are a good thing to keep the listener interested and this song works them well. The track is just the right length and I love the way it finishes suddenly and abruptly. I have never been a fan of songs that have an outro almost as long as the actual track and a quick finish is always refreshing to hear, although I am sure it will catch countless DJ’s out when played on the radio 😊

This is a great, no airs or graces, no frills, typical heavy metal song and it deserves to be played on all the various platforms it can be.

Well done to everyone!

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Oh, my friggin god!! What a totally amazing track! One of the best things about music reviewing is getting to hear all the awesome music that would maybe never have fallen onto your radar, and this is definitely one of those bands!

A mixture of Wednesday 13, Murderdolls and Alice Cooper (all of whom I absolutely love anyway) this track really stood out to me. With its fast intro, it drops you straight into the song, there’s no mucking around. The guitar sound is awesome, the drums are just ferocious, and the singers voice has that terrific, unmistakable freakiness that gives these sorts of bands their sound.

Tempo changes throughout the track keep the song fresh and I absolutely love the distorted circus sounds halfway through. The track is full of energy, I can imagine the guys had an absolute blast recording it and the production is spot on!

I NEED to see this band live as I am certain the energy with transfer directly on to the live stage and I can’t wait to hear more from them.

Absolutely bloody loved it!

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I have never been one for instrumentals as I love to sing along at the top of my voice to the lyrics and, without stating the obvious, instrumentals don’t have words! BUT….every now and then, something comes along that could, maybe, change my mind.

The So Far Ep by TS Music is one of those “somethings”

Described as having “guitar dreamy mellow vibes”, this description hits the nail squarely right on the head. This is the sort of EP that you can put on, turn off the light and just really chill out to, something that would seriously help you unwind after a long, hard day!

Reminding me very much of Gary Moore, this is obviously a very talented musician, and I would say, up there with the best of them. I have always admired guitarists anyway but to get that much feeling and emotion from what is effectively just a piece of wood and some strings, takes a talent I could only ever dream of.

Please go and check out the EP and if you are not nice and relaxed at the end of it, then I will eat my hat….and I don’t have a hat!

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Wow, what a track. We have heard stuff from this band before and, yet again, they haven’t failed to deliver. With a Five Finger Death Punch mixed with a whole host of other influences feel to it, this is a track that really should go far.

There is a great mix of vocals, from the clean right through to the occasional scream and the distorted, and this really gives the song definition. The guitar work is awesome, and the bass and drums keep the whole song tight, with a steady pace throughout.

Great riffs fill the track from start to finish, making the listener bang their head along with it and we absolutely love the slight tempo changes, never letting the listener get bored. One thing a band never wants, is a bored listener!

This is the kind of track that will get stuck in your head for the rest of the day, and this is in no way a bad thing! We listened to this track five times on the bounce and could have listened five more times, and still enjoyed it as much as the first time!

Great job guys, and really looking forward to hearing more from the album \m/

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*ALBUM RELEASED IN 2014 AND LINE UP HAS CHANGED SINCE*

Not being the biggest fan of New Wave of British Heavy Metal, to be given an album by a band who’s own website states they “combine Traditional/NWOBHM with Thrash/Speed metal” I was a little bit apprehensive, but I was more than pleasantly surprised.

“The Waystone”, the second album from East Anglian metallers Kaine, brings together NWOBHM influences from bands such as Iron Maiden and Saxon with the thrash elements of metal that I so love, to produce a fresh take on an older genre.

Opening with “Iron Lady”, even the title of the track seemingly paying homage to one of their obvious influences. The album seems to be a tribute to the bands of yesteryear, and if this is the case, then Kaine have totally nailed it. If any band can capture the sound of the metal greats that are Iron Maiden, Saxon and Judas Priest, then they are half way there.

“Iron Lady”, to be fair, does sound a lot like an Iron Maiden song, but it’s a great opener to a great album. This sound, however, does not carry through all nine tacks, and the second track “The New Wave” reminded me very much of my days as a huge Rage Against The Machine fan. “Dreams to Nightmares” starts with a drum rumble so familiar that one could be forgiven that “Painkiller” was about to start and track number eight “Wanderer” takes us straight back to the 80’s again.

As soon as this album started, I knew it was going to be great, my favourite track changing with each new song I heard. However, the two tracks that stood out for me are “Resistance”, which carries on with the early Maiden sound and has a really catchy chorus that will have you humming for the rest of the day, and “This Soul Exchange”. Judged by some as being too lengthy at around eight minutes, it doesn’t, to me, have the feel of being that long. Starting slow, it builds up in speed and intensity before slowing back down again, and I would class it as the epic song of the album.

Being able to switch from sounding like Iron Maiden on one song to a slowed down version of Death Angel on another is a talent not many bands could pull off and, because of this, to some, the songs don’t appear to fit together but, personally, I think this adds to the greatness of the album. I like to be surprised when listening to a new cd, not bored by the monotony of every song sounding the same, and “The Waystone” certainly did that. Take a great big pot, throw in some traditional heavy metal, a handful of NWOBHM, and a bit of thrash, add a pinch of prog, mix thoroughly and you will come up with this fantastic album.

I really enjoyed “The Waystone”, having had it playing in my car for six days straight and I hope to see and hear a lot more of Kaine in the coming years. They are a hard-working band, full of talent, who have played over ninety shows, supporting the likes of Praying Mantis, Striker and Absolva, and they definitely deserve to be bigger than what they are.

So grab yourself a copy of the album and get yourself to a Kaine gig! They will almost certainly be a part of the future of heavy metal \m/

TRACKLISTING:

1. Iron Lady

2. The New Wave

3. Dreams to Nightmares

4. Solidarity

5. Resistance

6. Entropy (Unrelenting Chaos)

7. This Soul Exchange

8. Wanderer

9. The Waystone

LINE-UP:

Rage Sadler – Rhythm and lead guitars, vocals

Dan Mailer – Bass, vocals and keyboards

Anthony Mirch – Lead and rhythm guitars

Chris Mackinnon – Drums

Saxon Davis – Led and rhythm guitars

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Its very rare to start a review with a safety warning, but please before hitting play on this track make sure there are no trip hazards or sharp implements to hand! Why?…. because you are literally going to bounce!!. This track “Be Cool” is literally feel good factor overload, you just cant ignore it, from foot tapping to all out pogo jumping, any reaction is possible!

When a song is a full on crescendo of fantastic music, brilliant percussion, insane (but great) vocals and has the production to tie it all together you just know it’s going to be a winner. Non stop tub thumping, galloping bass lines and some serious guitar solo riffage, what else do you need or want packed in to 2 minutes and 41 seconds?

As the final 37 seconds states, “Just one rule, just be cool”.

If you have stopped bouncing and stomping around at this stage, make sure you watch the video for the track, it really does make sense to explain the pure energy in the song, although, dipping your doobie in embalming fluid is at your own peril!!

You may not have been aware of it, but Be Cool by MF Ruckus is what you have been missing from your life.

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