METALL – Metal Heads
Iron
Shield Records
The
story of METALL goes deep in the past and more specifically in the early 80’s.
The band was formed in 1982 in Eastern Germany (if you don’t know what that is,
go check a history book or Wikipedia). The band was active until 1991, after
changing their name in 1988 into HEADLESS when they split. In that era they had
managed to record songs for the biggest radio stations of Eastern Germany and
some of them reached the number 1 place in the rock metal charts of that
country. In 2013 the band was reformed under its original band name and “Metal
Heads” is their debut album. I think that here fits the saying rather late than
never.
Here
in Greece we often argue if we like more the U.S. or the German metal sound,
but I think that METALL won’t put us on that debate. I think that their sound
balances between the U.S. and German metal sound. Actually if you can imagine
the riffing of bands like UNREST, GRAVE DIGGER, ACCEPT with a thrash edge that
has strong references to such bands like METALLICA, METAL CHURCH and VICIOUS
RUMORS, then I think you have a nice idea about the band’s sound.
The
whole album has this raw and energetic feeling that a fan of Teutonic and bay
area thrash metal would enjoy and the band really shows to enjoy and love what
it does. The only disadvantage of the album according to me is that it lacks in
strong melodies that can make the songs memorable. If the band works on that
bit more then I am sure they will give us something memorable. Until then check
out this release, especially if you are into heavy/thrash music.
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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