Duel
Fears of the Dead
Heavy Psych Sounds
2016
Duel is a newcomer from Austix, Texas which started in 2015, by the ex-Scorpion Child guitarist Tom Frank and bassist Shaun Avants. They both handle the vocals on Duel.
Duel, as the ex-band of the two masterminds, is into heavy rock, proto-metal music of the 70s but it also embraces the psychedelic and darker side of that music. The guys play well and they have studied their 70s hard & heavy lessons really well, but other than that, they do not bring anything new on the table as well. I’m not talking about the fact that the last few years this kind of music has become a “trend” and everyone thinks they can play this kind of music, ending up insulting the whole “new 70s rock movement”. Duel belong to the minority, which can play this kind of music decently enough… but if you have been brought up listening to the “original 70s music”, then any band of the newer 70s rock trend cannot entirely satisfy your needs.
The production is good enough and somewhat “retro” too. All these things seem to appeal to the new generation who don’t even know which those (big or not) bands of the 70s are, which have influenced the acts of today that they so passionately follow. If the decent bands of the genre do not add anything new & fresh to the music menu, then this trend is doomed to fail earlier than it should, as all trends do eventually.
Duel, as the ex-band of the two masterminds, is into heavy rock, proto-metal music of the 70s but it also embraces the psychedelic and darker side of that music. The guys play well and they have studied their 70s hard & heavy lessons really well, but other than that, they do not bring anything new on the table as well. I’m not talking about the fact that the last few years this kind of music has become a “trend” and everyone thinks they can play this kind of music, ending up insulting the whole “new 70s rock movement”. Duel belong to the minority, which can play this kind of music decently enough… but if you have been brought up listening to the “original 70s music”, then any band of the newer 70s rock trend cannot entirely satisfy your needs.
The production is good enough and somewhat “retro” too. All these things seem to appeal to the new generation who don’t even know which those (big or not) bands of the 70s are, which have influenced the acts of today that they so passionately follow. If the decent bands of the genre do not add anything new & fresh to the music menu, then this trend is doomed to fail earlier than it should, as all trends do eventually.