 
These days the most popular way for bands to fund
their new albums is going through Pledge Music
a platform where fans of the band pledge money
for special things such as a signed copy of the
album, limited edition merchandise, the band playing
at their house, their name included in the album
booklet etc and this is the route which the Black
Spiders went down for album number 2 ‘The
Savage Land’ which has just been released.
Now I have listened to the band’s debut
album ‘Sons Of The North’ many times
and also seen them on the live circuit a handful
of times and each and every time I have had the
pleasure of seeing and listening to the Black
Spiders I have walked away with a smile on my
face as the band are all about knocking out big
dirty riffs and creating as much sound as possible
but executing it in such an enjoyable way and
it seems like the Black Spiders have stuck to
the same formula for album number 2 ‘The
Savage Land’ as the album is a big tub-thumping
affair.
The album opens with ‘Knock You Out’
and the song opens in a comical way with a voice
over saying “let there be drums”,
with the drumming coming in moments later, the
voice over then says “let there be guitars”
with the guitars coming in within a split seconds
and then moments later the voice over says “Let
the mayhem ensue” and that is exactly what
happens for the duration of the song and album
as the band go all out creating insane noise.
The lead single to be taken from the album is
‘Balls’ and the song starts off sounding
like something from the Black Sabbath back catalogue
but after about 50seconds the song picks up its
pace and becomes a big fist pumping anthem, the
riffs are huge, the drums are constant and the
vocals are there to be sung at the top of your
lungs as you chant “You gotta have balls
to be a man like me” alongside Pete Spiby.
The likes of ‘Young Tongues’, ‘Trouble’,
‘Teenage Knife Gang’ and album closer
‘Sleepy Demon’ have all be written
with the mosh pit in mind because as soon as the
opening notes of each and every one of these songs
mayhem is going to happen in the mosh pit as fans
of the band open up circle bits and let out their
built up aggression the sounds that are battering
their ears at 100 miles per hour.
It is safe to say that Rock is alive and kicking
and Britain is the breeding ground for it at the
moment as there are so many talented bands in
Britain topping each sub genre of alternative
music and it is safe to say that the Black Spiders
have the crown when it comes to big in your face
dirty metal music and if they keep creating kick
arse albums like this then no one will ever get
their crown.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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