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Cage
has recently been introduced to me, and I’m surprised that I
haven’t listened to them before. This band is heavy metal in
the vain of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and King Diamond. I can definitely
see those influences as well as a little death and black metal. Everyone
does their job well in the band, a well-rounded unit. Their aggressive
riffing and heaviness has more attitude then most bands in the genre.
“Darker Than Black” is thirteen tracks and over and hour
of metal written and performed well. This is the classic metal sound
with the modern heavy crunch, like Nevermore, or even Witchery. At
times the singer sounds like Bruce Dickinson or Rob Halford, it’s
truly amazing, and the riffs chug like Harley Davidson bikes. It was
hard to pick favorite songs, I could have easily picked just about
everything but, “Kill the Devil,” “Blood of the
Innocent,” “Philadelphia Experiment,” “Secrets
of Fatima,” and “Wings of Destruction” came out
on top for me. This CD should surprise and impress a lot of metal
heads, with Production by Richard Carr (Halford, Bruce Dickinson),
and being credited as one of the best at Wacken 2001, this might get
some of you to introduce yourself to Cage. Rating: 91 |
