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Day: November 6, 2023

PRIMAL FEAR – s/t

November 6, 2023 /

For those of you who do not know, Ralph Scheepers auditioned for Judas Priest after Halford departed. Then, he formed a cover band called Just Priest and toured around Germany. Matt Sinner and guitarist Tom Neumann actually got up and guested at one of their shows. After that, a conversation a seed was planted and Primal Fear was born. Their brief was to just play good old Heavy Metal and this is the their first album.

Is it close to the Priest sound? Oh absolutely, but it’s one hell of an album. There is not a bad moment on the whole record. It is totally metal from beginning to end, but with the eye on the melody. That’s what metal once was, you could always sing along to the songs. Apart from the little intro piece, you can pick any track here and I would be happy to call it my favourite.

Great record and if you’re an old school metal fan it will definitely put a smile on your face. Killer!

10/10 from The Grooveman.

PALLAS – The Sentinel

November 6, 2023 /

The majority of the “new” Prog bands that came out of the UK in the mid-eighties were tagged with the Genesis clone label. Marillion had that for years and so did Pallas. I think Pallas sound more like their American counterparts Styx and Kansas. In fact, you can add New Wave to the list as well. I remember them touring this album with some elaborate stage props, but they didn’t seem to break through like Marillion did.

There are some grandiose extended pieces on here which gives them brownie points in the Prog olympics. My favourite is Atlantis. I do believe they changed vocalists after this record which is a shame as I like his quirky style, it fits the music really well.

A fun record nonetheless.

7.5/10 from The Grooveman.

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