Sunday, May 5, 2013

Sanktuary/Something Fierce/Spread The Metal Records/2013 CD Review


  Sanktuary  are  a  band  from  Nova  Scotia,  Canada  that  plays  a  mixture  of  power  metal,  thrash  and  stoner  rock  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Something  Fierce"  which  was  released  by  Spread  The  Metal  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  not  much  in  the  way  of  blast  beats,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  power  metal,  speed,  thrash  and  stoner  rock  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  and  melodic  power/heavy  metal  guitars  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger picking  and  full  chords  to  add  more  variety  to  the  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  clean  singing  power  metal  vocals  with  some  more  aggressive  elements  being  used  at  times  as  well  as  some  thrash  style  back  up  shouts,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  violent  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  dark,  heavy,  old  school  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In   my  opinion  Sanktuary  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  power  metal,  speed,  thrash  and  stoner  rock  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Heat  Lightning"  "Screeching  For  Vengeance"  and  "Fire  In  The  Sky".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.


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