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Forever Never have just finished a massive UK tour
supporting Fozzy and to coincide with that tour
they released their brand new EP ‘I Can’t
Believe It’s Not Metal’ and the EP has
had a limited pressing of 1000 copies and will only
be sold at the bands live shows and is bound to
become a collector’s item in years to come
when Forever Never finally hit the mainstream which
they are currently on track to do.
‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Metal’
is an EP which featured 6 cover songs from artists
such as Seal, Whitesnake, Michael Jackson, Shaggy,
Go West and John Farnham, and Forever Never have
managed to turn these classic songs into their
own whilst turning the volume up a couple of extra
notches rocking out in the best possible way.
The EP opens with ‘Your The Voice’
a song which was originally recorded by John Farnham
and I have to say that Forever Never have given
this 80’s masterpiece a really good reworking
and made it their own with the beautifully flowing
slow vocals and retro riffs and overall 80’s
vibe, the song is so listenable that you will
find yourself putting it on repeat.
Over the past ten years many rock bands have
covered songs by Michael Jackson, Alien Ant farm
did it with ‘Smooth Criminal’, Fall
Out Boy did it with ‘Billie Jean’
and now Forever Never have done it with ‘Who
Is It’ and they have brought this fantastic
pop song to life and I can guarantee that you
will be hooked as soon as you hear the rifftastic
guitar introduction, the vocals from frontman
Renny Carroll are fantastic throughout with many
Michael Jackson classic sounds being mimicked
to near perfection.
‘Still Of The Night’ will please
fans of old skool rock as Forever Never cover
this classic Whitesnake track, the guitar riffs
are ace sounding like machine guns going off in
places and the general feel and attitude of the
song is just spot on.
One of the best and most funniest covers on the
EP is Shaggy’s ‘Bombastic’ which
features the boys from Skindred on the song, the
guitars and general instrumental work is extremely
heavy with some proper chunky riffs on offer,
the joint vocals from Renny Carroll and Benji
Webbe are fantastic and really prove that these
two bands can work as a team.
‘We Close Our Eyes’ is one of the
lesser known songs on the EP and was originally
recorded by Go West, a band that I don’t
know too much about myself, the song is really
good with the fast paced chunky guitar riffs taking
centre stage and really standing out, the general
flow of the song is good and once again Renny
really shines with his vocals.
The EP closes with the Seal classic ‘Future
Love Paradise’ and this is the moment where
Renny really gets to show off with his voice as
the instrumental work is kept to a minimal here
as Renny gets to show off his emotions and huge
vocal range.
Overall ‘I Can’t Believe It’s
Not Metal’ is a fantastic idea and works
extremely well for Forever Never they get to show
off their creative side as well as having a bit
of fun, the EP is a bit of a stop gap whilst they
work on their third studio album and I am sure
that they are going to gain a hell of a lot of
fans once people start picking up on these cover
songs.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Renny Carroll
George Lenox
Jack Mackrill
Sam Curtis
Kevin Yates |
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1. You're The Voice
2. Who Is It?
3. Still Of The Night
4. Boombastic
5. We Close Our Eyes
6. Future Love Paradise
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| Review
Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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