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Hailing from
Gods Country (the North East of England) Vendetta have been described as a
traditional metal band, but the band are a lot more than that and this is
obvious from the bands debut release 'Tyranny of Minority'. Formed
just over a year and half ago in early 2006 by guitarist and vocalist
Edward Box with fellow guitarist Pete Thompson and bassist Gary Foalle,
but without the presence of a permanent drummer at the time of recording
the album, Box brought long time friend Mick Robson to fill the skinsman
duties. When the album was complete the search was on for a
permanent drummer, finally Chris Higgins was recruited full time into the
ranks to complete the line-up.
With the music
business in the UK seemingly unwilling to take up the mantle for decent
rock bands, it was up to Lion Music to sign Vendetta and with Box
previously releasing two solo albums on the label, the choice of label
seemed obvious.
With this debut
release the band haven’t gone all out metal, as I said at the beginning
this band are so much more than that, the mixture of tones and melodies on
the album are too numerous to count but with Box and Thompson sharing
guitar duties both on solos and together in Tipton and Downing style, the
depth of quality is here for all to hear.
The album gets
underway with ‘Archangel’ and instantly it stands out as something
special, with both guitarists laying waste to the track as they scythe
through the intro track.
The album gets
underway proper with ‘Generation Kill’ on which Box shows off his vocal
prowess as he wails like the best of them and both share take it in turns
at shredding each equal to the other.
The metal just
keeps on coming with ‘I Executioner’, another rip snorting guitar fest
although things do slow down just a little with the darker tones of
‘Doorways Of My Mind’, which as you may have guessed is based around the
internal struggles we all come across in this modern stress invoking world
we live in.
The tempo is
picked up once again with ‘Golden Boy’ and one of my favourite tracks off
the album ‘Red Skies’, before the album rips into the by now later
mentality of man with the excellent ‘Plastic God’. We witness the
double six string attack in ‘Bones to Dust’ with the rhythm section of
Robson and Foalle thrashing their way through the guitars.
It's time to
bring it down again with ‘Lost Cause’ and ‘All Fall Down’ before it's back
to all guns blazing on ‘No Safe Hole’. The album comes to a close
with the simply superb Melodic Metal of ‘Window Of The Soul’, which rounds
off a great metal debut and a must by for fans of high calibre twin guitar
metal. |
