Dragon’s Kiss
Barbarians of the Wasteland
Killer Metal Records
2014
Some albums need no further presentation than the basics. You see, the musical identity of each band is crucial when it comes to describe them. Dragon’s Kiss is a new project that was formed by the guitarist Hugo Conim (Dawnrider, Sons of Misfortune, Leather Synn, etc.) along with the vocalist Adam Neal (Hookers, Brothers of Conquest, Blade of the Ripper, etc.). Dragon’s Kiss plays heavy metal music. Yeap, traditional heavy friggin metal like the 80s one. It doesn’t get clearer than that. This is what it is nothing more, nothing less. Probably, the young metal fans – those who think that metalcore is actual metal music – will not be interested in a band like Dragon’s Kiss… but the older ones, the 80s metal maniacs will revel in “Barbarians of the Wasteland”.
Baptized deep in the 80s traditional metal legacy, with the apt NWOBHM elements, this album doesn’t claim to have re-invented the wheel but it simple gives us a taste of how heavy metal music used to be back in its glorious days. I like the “retro” & raw production, the heavy metal clichés and the “shouting” vocals. All those things will sound very familiar to the older metalheads. The album features 6 original tracks and two covers, one on “Somewhere up in the Mountains” by Marquis De Sade & “Rock‘n’Roll Soldiers” by The New Order.
Of course, the traditional metal clichés aren’t a drawback. They’re a plus. Mainly for the unrepentant 80s metal devotees who still wear denim & leather, have long hair – or shall I say bald on top and long at the back? – wear black T-shirts of their beloved metal bands and drink more beer than water. “Barbarians of the Wasteland” addresses only to them! You’ve been warned!
Baptized deep in the 80s traditional metal legacy, with the apt NWOBHM elements, this album doesn’t claim to have re-invented the wheel but it simple gives us a taste of how heavy metal music used to be back in its glorious days. I like the “retro” & raw production, the heavy metal clichés and the “shouting” vocals. All those things will sound very familiar to the older metalheads. The album features 6 original tracks and two covers, one on “Somewhere up in the Mountains” by Marquis De Sade & “Rock‘n’Roll Soldiers” by The New Order.
Of course, the traditional metal clichés aren’t a drawback. They’re a plus. Mainly for the unrepentant 80s metal devotees who still wear denim & leather, have long hair – or shall I say bald on top and long at the back? – wear black T-shirts of their beloved metal bands and drink more beer than water. “Barbarians of the Wasteland” addresses only to them! You’ve been warned!