• Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal
    Label: Self-production
    Playing time: 53:49
    Band homepage: Loudness

    Tracklist:

    1. A Light In The Dark
    2. The Power Of Truth
    3. Come Alive Again
    4. Survivor
    5. Keep You Burning
    6. Gonna Do It My Way
    7. Hang Tough
    8. Emotions
    9. Comes To Dawn
    10. Pandora
    11. Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!

     

    Loudness - Eve to Dawn 

    LOUDNESS are a true Japanese Heavy Metal institution that never fails to deliver. “Eve To Dawn” is the band’s twenty-fourth full length release and marks their thirtieth anniversary at the same time.Let's add that the band's dawn of career hasn't arrived yet and that they are still more convincing than many similar bands of a younger age.

    What these four guys deliver is energizing, technically well played and this time particularly guitar driven Heavy Metal with a few thrashier parts that vary between mid and up tempo numbers. This record includes no big experiments and no ballads but convinces with a very honest attitude. There are still a few imaginative moments on the record that are well integrated into the powerful tracks. The slight oriental sounds in the quite modern sounding opener “A Light In the Dark”, the Power Metal guitar chords in “Survivor” and the short electronic vibes in the rather traditional hard rock track “Keep You Burning” are some pleasant surprises.

    Along a few very catchy songs which are the album highlights in the strong middle section with the diversified “Survivor”, “Keep You Burning” that includes the most original ideas of all tracks on the record without losing a charming old school attitude, the addicting “Gonna Do It My Way” that has an angy Punk Rock attitude and the literally crazy closer “Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!” that tells the story of an annoying neighbour, there are also a few less convincing tracks. One could cite the exchangeable “Pandora”, the somewhat uninspired instrumental track “Emotions” and a few passages in the record’s epic track “Comes The Dawn” that sounds too long and stretched in the end.

    That’s why this release is neither among the band’s highlights, nor among its worst cuts. It's simply a very solid and overall quite good old school Heavy Metal record. As the releases of LOUDNESS are hard to find in the Western world, you should absolutely grab this release as it has just been released in North America and Europe by Frostbite Media. If you have records of bands such as IRON MAIDEN or JUDAS PRIEST in your collection, then there is no reason or valuable excuse to not have at least one record of the world’s third most important Heavy Metal band in your personal collection.     

    (Online January 21, 2013)

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  • Promiscuity - Infernal Rock 'n' Roll (2011)

     

    Usually I’m not the biggest fan of old school thrash black metal in the key of early Bathory, Celtic Frost or Venom and prefer more progressive stuff like Absu, for example. This first demo recording from a young band hailing from Israel is though actually quite diverting and offers some solid sounds of the underground.

    The recording has a crunching vibe that could come straight from a dirty basement of the late eighties and gives an appropriate atmosphere to the three short tracks. The neckbreaking riffs are dark and hold between a mid tempo and slightly sped up pace. The drumming is tight and sounds very raw but still offers a few technical skills beneath the wall of noise. The bass is pumping in a very noisy way as well and has its shining moment at the beginning of the second track. The vocals are heavily blackened and give the songs a bleak atmosphere. They vary enough to combine elements of Black and Death Metal and it’s a little bit as if early Burzum would meet early Aamorphis which are two honorable references to say the least. The truly well performed and mostlly melodic guitar solos surprise a lot and really stand out on here. They even show some glimpses of positive energy by creating a well done contrast with the rest.

    The song that probably stands out the most is the opening title track. This is due to an original introduction that gives the first true Rock ‘n Roll anthem “Rock Around The Clock” by Bill Haley & his Comets a new and weirdly twisted touch that turns into slowed down sound effects and evil laughter before the true opener breaks loose. This track is a reinvention of a classic and quite a fun ride.

    All three songs sound rather coherent if you would like to use a positive term or repetitive if you want to use a negative term. In my opinion, this is not a bad thing after all as it gives you a solid general idea of the band and works well for this first sign of life. On an actual full length album, more sound experiments such as in the opener would though be required to keep the attention high.

    Genre fans should pick this release up and might be pleased by this pure old school outbreak of evil from an exotic country. Anybody else should do as I do and wait for a possible full length release to see what this band is really able to do. These three first songs are not stunning but solid enough to keep the band’s name on my mind for a while.

     

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  • Genre: Thrash/Doom Metal / Speed Metal / Black Metal
    Label: Eigenproduktion
    Spielzeit: 11:14
    Band homepage: Promiscuity

    Tracklist:

    1. Infernal Rock ‘n Roll
    2. Crime and Punishment
    3. Gybenhinnom

     

    Promiscuity - Infernal Rock 'n Roll

    Normalerweise bin ich kein allzu großer Anhänger der alteingesessenen Black Metal Bands mit Thrash-Schlagseite à la  BATHORY, CELTIC FROST oder VENOM. Bei diesen ersten Aufnahmen des unbekannten israelischen Duos aus Kirjat Motzkin, das für diese ersten räudigen Aufnahmen noch einen Schlagzeuger sowie einen Coverkünstler ins Boot holte, funktioniert diese altmodische Variante aber mit genügend Atmosphäre und Charme um voll aufzugehen und gar ein wenig Lust auf mehr zu machen. 

    Die drei Lieder klingen alle sehr homogen, machen aber durchaus Spaß. Die Gruppierung bietet uns viele mittelschnelle bis sehr flotte Nackenbrecherriffs für die Altherrenelite. Dazu kommen aber auch einige rasante und doch melodische Gitarrensoli, welche die schwere Stimmung ein wenig auflockern wie ein wütendes Auflodern extremer Gefühle. Der Bass knurrt dazu besonders wütend und kann sich gerade im zweiten Stück auszeichnen. Das Schlagzeugspiel ist erbarmungslos und lässt doch ein gewisses Talent hinter all der Aggressivität erahnen. Vielleicht sollte sich das Duo die Dienste dieses Sessionschlagzeugers langfristig sichern, denn sein Stil passt hier wie die berühmte Faust aufs Auge. Hinzu kommt ein solider Gesang irgendwo zwischen Todesmetall und Schwarzmetall mit markantem Einschlag der frühen Neunziger, so als ob frühe BURZUM zeitweilig auf junge AMORPHIS treffen würden.

    Das überraschendste Stück ist zweifelsohne das titelgebende Eröffnungslied, das in seiner Einführung den Klassiker „Rock Around The Clock“ von BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS, eine der ersten Rockhymnen überhaupt, die inzwischen schon achtundfünfzig Lenze auf dem Buckel hat, wunderbar zweckentfremdet und dem Klassiker ein düsteres Gewand verpasst. Das bekannte Lied wird plötzlich langsamer, düsterer und von Soundeffekten verzerrt, bevor aus dem krachigen Knistern ein dämonisches Lachen ertönt, das leicht an Bowser aus dem Super-Mario-Universum erinnert. Danach geht das Stück dann in die Vollen und zeigt auf, wofür die Israelis stehen und das macht über drei Stücke auch genügend Spaß.

    Allen harten Fans der Spielarten des frühen Black Metals mit einem Schuss Speed und Thrash sei diese Aufnahme aus dem Untergrund des gelobten Landes ans Herzen gelegt. Alle Anderen sollten wie ich auf ein vollständiges erstes Album warten um zu schauen, ob die Gruppierung die ersten guten Eindrücke auch bestätigen kann. Um dies zu schaffen, muss die Band aber noch eine kleine Schippe Eigenständigkeit und Originalität auf die Schippe legen, um den infernalischen Hochofen auch über die volle Spielzeit zum leidenschaftlichen Lodern zu bringen. 

    (Online 20. Januar 2013)

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  • Genre: Thrash/Doom Metal / Speed Metal / Black Metal
    Label: Self-production
    Playing time: 11:14
    Band homepage: Promiscuity

    Tracklist:

    1. Infernal Rock ‘n Roll
    2. Crime and Punishment
    3. Gybenhinnom

     

    Promiscuity - Infernal Rock'n Roll

    Usually, I’m not the biggest fan of old school Thrashy Black Metal in the key of BATHORY, CELTIC FROST, VENOM and so on, but this first demo recording from a young band hailing from Israel is actually a quite diverting release and offers some solid sounds of the underground.

    The recording has a crunching vibe that could come straight from a dirty basement of the late eighties and gives an appropriate atmosphere to the three short tracks. The neckbreaking riffs are dark and hold between a mid tempo and slightly sped up pace. The drumming is tight and sounds very raw but still offers a few technical skills beneath the wall of noise. The bass is pumping in a very noisy way as well and has its shining moment at the beginning of the second track. The vocals are heavily blackened and give the songs a bleak atmosphere. They vary enough to combine elements of Black and Death Metal and it’s a little bit as if early BURZUM would meet early AMORPHIS. The truly well performed and melodic guitar solos surprise well and even show some glimpses of positive energy by creating a well done contrast with the rest.

    The song that probably stands out the most is the opening title track. This is due to an original introduction that gives the first true Rock ‘n Roll anthem “Rock Around The Clock” by BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS a new and weirdly twisted touch that turns into slowed down sound effects and evil laughter before the true opener breaks loose. All three songs sound rather coherent if you would like to use a positive term or repetitive if you want to use a negative term. In my opinion, this is not a bad thing after all as it gives you a solid general idea of the band and works well for this first sign of life. On an actual full length album, more sound experiments such as in the opener would though be required to keep the attention high.

    Genre fans should pick this release up and might be pleased by this pure old school outbreak of evil from an exotic country. Anybody else should do as I do and wait for a possible full length release to see what this band is really able to do. These three first songs are not stunning but solid enough to keep the band’s name on my mind for a while.

      

    (Online January 20, 2013)

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