LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG - Twilight Of The Idols - ITA Dragonheart Edition - LISTEN

I will confess honestly that in recent years nothing in music has grabbed me the way the work of this American band from California has! Released on vinyl in 1998 (and on CD in 1999 - with three more tracks), the second album in the discography was the first Slough Feg record I listened to and after the first ten seconds I already knew it would be a sensation! The band presented very clearly and naturally produced (though sounding almost as if made in the 70s) heavy rock with metal (and even progressive) influences - the kind that was played in 1978-83, that is, a combination of the style of early Black Sabbath, early Iron Maiden, the epic, traditional metal of Manilla Road and elements of Celtic folk and acoustic guitars. I mean superb, very memorable melodies, juicy, heavy, catchy guitar riffs (often as if lifted from "Master Of Reality" or "Vol. 4"), fairly extended, instrumental passages and of course plenty of changes of tempo and mood... A big plus of the band is the vocalist Mike Scalzi, blessed with a wonderful, magnetic and genuinely fantastic voice - at once leader and author of almost all the band's music. I would stake my head that every fan of heavier sounds will be delighted by this band's music and will not be able to tear themselves away from their records for years - just like me! Original Italian CD from Dragonheart. AN ABSOLUTE MUST! (JL)