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In the early 2000's The Darkness came out of nowhere
to become one of the biggest UK rock bands which
was due to the bands old skool rock sound and frontman
Justin Hawkins unique vocals. The band became so
big all over the world that the pressure was on
for them to deliver on the follow up album to 'Permission
To Land', the time came and the band released 'One
Way Ticket To Hell... And Back' an album that followed
on from the same style as 'Permission To Land',
the album was good but the major press slated the
album which started the downward spiral that soon
broke the band up with frontman Justin Hawkins admitting
he had problems and left the band.
So when The Darkness fell apart remaining members
Dan Hawkins, Richie Edwards and Ed Graham regrouped
and brought Toby Macfarlaine into the fold and
created a brand new band called Stone Gods, when
the band regrouped they were met with two problems,
the first being that they didn’t want people
thinking they were still The Darkness but with
a new name, and secondly they didn’t have
a vocalist so Richie Edwards stepped up to take
on lead vocals. A quick listen to any of the bands
songs will show you that they have over come both
problems with ease and have a tough, tight heavy
British rock sound, with the only comparison of
The Darkness laying in the band members names
but not the music.
Stone Gods have been heavy at work and embarked
on their debut UK tour which went down really
well and helped them introduce themselves to the
music world. The band have recently released their
debut EP Burn The Witch which sold out on the
day of release but luckily is available to Download
from the bands website, luckily I got hold of
the EP just before it sold out.
Burn The Witch is a solid release, its 4 tracks
long and runs for just under 15 minutes and showcases
the heavy rock sound that the Stone Gods have
adapted. The EP starts off with 'Burn The Witch'
which is a hard rocking song with really dark
lyrics about burning witches, Dan Hawkins guitar
riffs are top stuff and wouldn’t be too
out of place on earlier Metallica material, Richie
Edwards does a fantastic job with his vocals which
come out quite powerful sounding.
'You Brought A Knife To A Gunfight' is a great
name for a song and is an extremely catchy song
where Richie Edwards seems to be loving every
minute of his new found frontman status, his vocals
sound a mixture of Axl Rose meets Steven Tyler,
the guitar work is fantastic with the guitar solo
really showing that the Stone Gods know how to
rock out. The dual guitar assault introduction
on 'Breakdown' really makes the song.
The EP comes to an end with 'Heartburn' a song
that verges into country rock territory, the guitar
work is pretty spot on, especially during the
long lasting solo, Richie Edwards’ vocals
are great here and really make the song stand
out.
Overall Burn The Witch is a great EP and a great
start for the Stone Gods in the music industry,
the band sound nothing like their previous outing
(The Darkness) and each song on Burn The Witch
is exciting in its own way sounding totally different
from the last. The band are soon to release a
full length album and I’m really looking
forward to it. Stone Gods are heading in the right
direction for success but I think it’s going
to take some time before the band gather their
own fan base and loose all the people who are
hoping to hear some Darkness songs, the sooner
it happens the better though.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Richie Edwards (Vocals, Guitar)
Dan Hawkins (Guitar, Vocals)
Toby Macfarlaine (Bass, Vocals)
Ed Graham (Drums) |
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1. Burn The Witch
2. You Brought A Knife To A Gunfight
3. Breakdown
4. Heartburn |
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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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