Heavy Rock
Eonian Records
Released – December 8th 2024
Line Up:
Andrew Freeman – Vocals
Tony Childs – Guitar
Mike Duda – Bass
Matt Starr – Drums
Tracklist:
Death Wish
Doomed
Big Black Hole
Streets Of Pain
Kill Or Be Killed
Worlds On Fire
Am I Damned?
The Storm
Here I go assuming stuff again. I didn’t look at the press release close enough because I thought this was one of those sterile put together jobs from Frontiers. Not a bit of it! I wrongly assumed this because of the members of the band – Andrew Freeman (Last In Line/Lynch Mob), Mike Duda (WASP), Matt Starr (Kix/Ace Frehley/Mr Big) and guitarist/songwriter Tony Childs. Looks like Childs has been through the mill recently and as a catharsis he wrote a bunch of heavy, hard-hitting tunes.
Opener “Death Wish” goes for the throat from the off and Freeman lets you know about yourself whilst you’re being held tightly in a death grip. “Doomed” brings some choppy lines and a simple Dio-like groove and that choppy Dio thing continues on “Big Black Hole” where Freeman sounds remarkably like Dee Snider. “Streets Of Pain” is a heavy ballad before the monster groove of “Kill Or Be Killed” stomps around kicking up a load of dust. It’s huge and heavy! “World’s On Fire” brings something different with a bit of melodic chug metal that gets dark after the intro then things go kinda eastern on the acoustic-led “Am I Damned” and of course it builds but Freeman gives a really malevolent performance, I always thought he was such a nice boy! The acoustic stays out for “The Storm” which brings that chug again and just get Duda’s rock steady bass line.
Electric Temple take a bow – eight tracks of world-class modern metal with a steel-toe-capped boot firmly in the 80’s. Buy this because it’s fuckin’ good! Let’s hope these boys get out on the road too.
Written by: Smudge
Ratings: 9/10
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