MONUMENT – Hellhound
Rock
Of Angels Records
There
are so many bands in our days that are influenced or even reproduce the sound
of the N.W.O.B.H.M. movement, but only few come from the country where this
sound was invented. However, quality does not hide in quantity, but vice versa
and it seems that MONUMENT from London, England are very ambitious and
interesting representatives of that sound.
Having
followed the career of MONUMENT so far I can say that it is a band that doesn’t
simple reproduce the N.W.O.B.H.M. sound, but they also give to their influences
their own personal interpretation and they deliver a sound that is familiar to
our ears and yet fresh and original.
“Hellhound”
is the successor of their previous full length albums and musically continues
from the point that the previous album left us. To be more specific the band
once again delivers melodic and yet dynamic heavy metal that has its roots to
the teachings of bands like IRON MAIDEN, SAXON and GRIM REAPER. Actually the
voice of Peter Ellis sounds to my ears like a mixture of Bruce Dickinson and
Tobias Sammet that fits perfectly to the sound of the group. In their new album
though MONUMENT pay also a tribute to the German metal sound and more specifically
to the inventors of pirate metal RUNNING WILD with the great opening song
entitled “William Kidd” which will also be released soon on 7” EP.
The
new album of MONUMENT is once again a very enjoyable heavy metal album that has
catchy melodies, memorable riffs and above all variety. It is an album that I
can recommend to any fan of traditional heavy metal without any second
thoughts.
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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