High speed heavy metal, thrashing riffs and insane guitar
solos, it’s no wonder that people are saying that Sacred Mother Tongue are a
band to watch. This second release continues in the same vein to which fans of
SMT are used to.
Every song is a high-speed exercise in precision riffing,
and the quality of the guitar solos (of which there are a great many) shows
that it is no wonder that guitarist Andy James has been nominated as “Dimebag
Darrell Shredder of the Year” in 2013’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards.
The band shows off an ever more complex writing style, with
riffs which require a great deal of rhythmical interplay, along with heavier,
slower sections in which the whole band falls into a solid groove.
A standout track which shows off all of this is ‘Seven’.
Opening with an extended instrumental introduction section in which the tight
rhythmic playing of the band, followed by a burst of technical guitar virtuosity.
Between verses, the band falls into a tight-knit groove, guaranteed to get
heads nodding along, fists pumping, and generally infusing the listener with as
much energy as is evident on the album.
Really though, there seems to be little variety in the way
Sacred Mother Tongue writes songs. Many of the tracks are of a very similar
high speed, and follow the same formula which, by the end of the album can seem
to have become a little tired. The good
thing about this though, is that the tracks are all great numbers, and any of
them stand alone as great examples of modern heavy metal.
9/10
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