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Medusa

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Medusa
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Type: Full-Length
Release Date: September 1st, 2017
Genre: Black
1. On A Run
2. Humbucker
3. The Boneshaker
4. The Steammachine Pt. I
5. The Steammachine Pt. II
6. Desperados
7. Burnin' Babe
8. Crash And Burn
9. Step Out
10. Tear 'em Down
1. Fearless Sky
2. Gods Of Ancient
3. From The Gallows
5. Medusa
6. No Passage For The Dead
9. Frozen Illusion
10. Shrines
11. Symbolic Virtue
1. Calm In Ire (Of Hurricane)
2. Bridge Of Spasms
3. The Artifex
5. Land Of Khem
6. Outstrider
7. Scythewinder
8. Hecate
9. Pace 'Till Death (Bathory Cover)


Review by JD on December 30, 2009.

Iron Horses band name conjures up many images in my quite fertile mind. One of the favourites are of a long line of Harley Davidson Panheads rolling down the highways in a smoke spewing pack, motors thrumming away in a cacophony of pure roaring power as the leather clad riders sombrely pilot their machines along... Ah, that is such a great image, and a flood of pure energy as I let it sit in my head for a moment. Now...on to the task at hand, is this German band as good as that image was?

The band is a conglomeration of straight ahead metal music and some anger-meets-extreme-angst driven Hard Rock that is not really new... but how it is put all together it's actually almost seems to be a new and improved styling of fuck you metal has never been as damned good. The band drips, oozes and just exudes that sort of pure attitude that comes with just being who you are.

These guys are the real deal when it comes to straight ahead music. They mix the styles of such great acts as AC/DC, Ted Nugent and even Priestess with the power of Motorhead and even some Rose Tattoo, yet they have seemed to have made sure that their music is purely their own. They almost out sleaze Motley Crue here... and that is a task that is very hard to do, yet they have!!

If your looking for some serious Shred Metal or some Progressive sort of angles to your musical diet, go elsewhere... but if you are looking for music with loads of attitude, honesty and some seriously large set of gonads... then Iron Horses are the band for you. They do not apologize for who they are, and the seem to want to stomp on those unfortunate people that try to get them to not be who they are.

It seems as the down and dirty type of metal have a new leader come to the forefront, and they will keep that crown for a long time.

Categorical Rating Breakdown  

Musicianship:8
Atmosphere: 8.5
Production: 8
Originality: 7
Overall: 8

Rating: 7.9 out of 10

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Review by Adam M on September 8, 2017.

Paradise Lost has brought a lot more aggression to their sound. Though still rooted in doom, they have a death element that makes them a lot heavier than other bands in the genre. This album completely explores this heavier element and makes for a disc that is as vicious as it is glorious. There are still some moments where the clean vocals are used, but the band has chosen to focus on the more aggressive portions. Whether this is the best move for the band going forward is up for debate.

I liked the melodic clean portions on the album Tragic Idol and would like to see a return to that. This is still very well done for the style the band is going for despite not equalling their last couple of records. Some songs like the excellent The Longest Winter use both styles to craft a varied and interesting effect. This is actually one of the songs where the clean vocals are used more exclusively. The effect of adding the harsh vocals, however, is something that was begun on The Plague Within and is explored here to great effect here. It’s a nice idea to try to change one’s sound and innovate, but then there are things that were working well in the past that should be maintained as well. Make no mistake, there is still melody to be found on this disc. It is just that the memorable moments of melodic beauty from Tragic Idol have been replaced with harsh moments that fade away from memory. This is why I believe this album is the worst of the last three from the band.

I still like Paradise Lost’s music and believe it has a lot of good things going for it. Fans of the band’s last effort should find Medusa right up their alley.

Rating: 7.6 out of 10

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