Artist: Fury UK
   Title: Face Of Adversity
   Label: Rocksector Records

Hailing from Manchester Fury UK came into existence back in 2003 and already have one album under their belts, their debut release 'My Tomorrow' which got some rave reviews when released back in 2005.

The year is now 2007 and Fury UK have come out all guns blazing on their new opus 'Face Of Adversity', which once again is based around the guitars of frontman Chris Appleton who delivers quite a six string punch and along with Dawson on bass and Adz Galloway on drums, they are Fury UK.

The album opens up with ‘Krueger’ with some real bone crushing guitar which gets this track underway before it settles down to rock your nuts off with its heavy bass and streaming guitars, including some fine solo work by Appleton. The album continues to impress with one of my favourites off the album, the riff laden ‘Natural Disaster’, with its touches of Maiden-esq guitar work from Chris being just one of the highlights, as well as the thumping bass of Dawson, this has a definite Megadeth feel about it.

The thumping bass of Dawson opens up ‘Words You Say’ then Appleton takes over with his most gentle vocals so far.  He may not have a powerful set of pipes but he brings a warm vocal to this more melodic metal track.  Then it's over to the real meat and bones of the whole Fury UK sound with the heavy side of things as the album continues with ‘Breakthrough’, a real pounding piece of riff spewn metal as the mainstay of the album Appleton brings all his weapons to table for this onslaught.

Its time once again for the band to bring it down just a touch with ‘Dream As One’, a track that starts off with a more gentle almost ballad like quality but as the chorus comes in the band bring back in the more metal elements before once again bringing it back down this multi layered approach just great.

But it’s the all out hard and fast tracks that really keep the album going as things continue with another crunching guitar filled track ‘Wicked Glass’, another track that has Megadeth influences written all over it with its almost thrashing guitars and speed infused rhythm section.

The album takes a little detour into the world of American pop punk for the intro into ‘Truth’, but things soon get back on the metal rails as the vocals kick in and the riffs start coming at you from all directions as the track builds to its frantic conclusion.

We delve into the darker stuff with ‘The End’, which is as doom laden as anything you will hear from the Death Metal brigade, but with some more stirring guitar moments as Appleton really shows what he can do with a six string.  The album closes with ‘The Lost Soul’, a real atmospheric semi-acoustic number that captures the real song writing talents of the band. 

The only gripe I have about the album is the production isn’t as clean as it could so maybe next time guys bring in an outside source to produce the album, the benefits will reap wonders in the long run.  The album does have a rawness that the band bring to their live set so maybe this is intentional, but apart from that this is top notch rock metal with some fine melodic moments and some outstanding guitar work by Appleton, a definite star of the future.

Tracklisting:

1. Krueger
2. Natural Disaster
3. Words You Say
4. Breakthrough
5. Dream As One
6. Wicked Glass
7. Truth
8. The End
9. The Lost Soul

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