Tuesday, October 24, 2023

SAVAGE - Glory Riders review


 

SAVAGE - Glory Riders

Dying Victims Productions


You wanna talk about irony? I'm in this FB metal group (yeah I know, laugh if you want to) and last week we were discussing how metal in the 80's was pretty damm good overall as well as groundbreaking. Anyways here we have the debut full length from SAVAGE hailing from Germany. This band is a total throwback to the mid-80's metal era. 


This Bavarian act started out in 2019 as a three piece. Later on they added a rhythm guitarist and here they are today. Musically SAVAGE are more of a homage to that West Coast USA 80's era of metal. No they're not hair metal rock. To me this is in the vein of early WASP, minus the hits. Albeit there are some cuts on here which could've been 80's anthems. "Nightmare Invaders" could've been on the Nightmare on Elm Street 3 soundtrack. Add to that the title track "Glory Riders" is pure 80's heavy fuckin metal and pure WASP worship. 


Honestly this eight song LP doesn't have one bad track. I mean the sound and production oozes 1980's Sunset Strip style metal/hard rock. Pawel Nemkovic (vocalist/guitarist) sounds like a young Blackie Lawless. The riffs are rock solid on these songs. I was shocked that the song structures never really showed copycat appreciation or thievery. I mean the opening track, "Carcass on your Shoulders", obviously shows an influence but yet has a distinct original feel. 


In the end I can only say that SAVAGE are fuckin amazing. This is no STEEL PANTHER bullshit. There's no "lets shock the parents" shtick (aka: WASP's "Fuck Like A Beast"). Although their cut "Master Bator" might come as close as it gets and yeah it's a cool anthem track. But yeah SAVAGE fuckin rule! I want to see this band live. It's definitely one of the best albums of 2023.


https://dying-victims.de/

LISTEN HERE:

https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/glory-riders




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