Some more CD's you might want to check out by bands I want to see on stage.
Imminent Sonic Destruction - The Sun Will Always Set
Some bands you simply miss, as this is the third album of a band that plays music I should have liked since their debut ten years ago. Luckily in this case Matt the manofmuchmetal came to the rescue and pointed me to this album with a positive review. A bandcamp checking out was followed by an order and now that I have received the CD I can state it still gets better every time I play it. The short opening track with female vocals might make you think that we are in for some Anathema alike band. Well that changes when they go longer and epic. Actually they touch on many sidepaths so boxing them is hard. References that came to my mind at times are Wilderun and Devin Townsend, but more due to the fact that these bands also mix styles and heaviness. The titlerack is a closing ballad, but gunts and heavy grooves are also present. Hard to name a favorite track for me, but maybe Solitude it is. With the CD I got two stickers with different logos. On Youtube both logos have a page as well. So about time they come touring Europe and we can ask what that is all about.
Satan - Earth Infernal
Satan is probably one of the best examples of NWOBHM bandss who reformed the last decade and put out a string of albums which are as strong as their eighties output. Life Sentence, Atom by Atom and Cruel Magic all could stand proudly next to their classic debut Caught in the Act. For Earth Infernal this is not different and if anything maybe Satan got a notch faster on this one. The voice of Brian Ross might not be for everyone, but together with the guitar tandem Tippins / Ramsey the typical Satan sound is always immediately recognized. Satan are not going to win over new fans here, but if you liked their previous albums you can get this one in the blind. If again like me you loved their live set in Litttle Devil with RAM and Screamer, you also want to see them performing songs like Burning Portrait or Luciferic live on stag esooner rather than later.
Zero Hour - Agenda 21
Zero Hour return with Agenda 21 14 years after Dark Deceiver. Reason to get me excited and slightly surprised shortly after the latest A Dying Planet album. For those not knowing the band the surprise is that Jasun Tipton and his typical guitar sound is the main man in both bands. He is also the only member that played now on all Zero Hour albums as his brother Troy had to stop bassing due to injury. The sound of the Tipton brothers is very typical and no matter which band or project it is. So what does Agenda 21 bring? first the return of original vocalist Erik Rosvold. Somehow this automatically means that classic album The Towers of Averice and the band Cynthesis come to mind. So fans who preferred the last two heavy albums with Chris Salinas will find a return to older from. Opening with a 14 minute song Democide and closing with a ten minute Patient Zero reminds us that Zero Hour never present us an easy walk through the park. Their songs consist of hectic riffing throuhout and need multiple listening before you fully get the songs. I still need a few more spins, like what I heard so far and would say why not return to The Netherlands as former houseband of PPE/Headway.
