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The Gauntlet: Beyond The Sixth Seal |
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Beyond The Sixth Seal Album Review
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Tracklist
1 Nothing To Prove
2 My Terrifying Ally
3 I Die At 35
4 Revelry
5 Stricken
6 The Twisted Ladder
7 Feral Dreamer
8 The Law You Have Sworn
9 Forward Thinking
10 Yawning Of The Gale
11 Everything Tough
12 Blood Of A Ghost
13 Monument
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Seems like Beyond The Sixth Seal are going for the rock/metal approach on the new album "Resurrection of Everything Tough" which has a humorous album cover that would've been better used for a t-shirt design. BTSS play a very raggedy blend of halfway maiden riffs with rockin' little diddies that make you wonder how metal this band is trying to be.
The playing ability of the band seems to lack a little and the songs take on this approach that says try, but doesn't accomplish anything too memorable. It's good to see a band taking to the ways of making a more rock oriented type of metal act, (Iron Maiden) and the Maiden reference is a heard influence on the band's sound. The guttural vocals are a little much for the fluffy sound that the band carries and end up drowning out a lot of the musical capability to a degree. Also, the suffering production of the album really doesn't help the band's case. There's much work to be done on their end by means of actual song writing development taking its course. Improvement is generally needed and perhaps a more varied approach to the vocals will bring out the better in the band's song writing by complimenting the rock oriented sound they carry.
When it comes down to it BTSS have a good idea in their sound but it's the execution of the idea that falls short. There's no easy way to put it but the song writing capacity has to be explored a little further and kicked up a few notches if BTSS are to be really heard.
Review by: Dave Huffy
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