LADY BEAST - The Inner Alchemist
Dying Victims Productions
Well make no mistake I've been hailing the work of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's LADY BEAST for quite a while. The last thing I had written about em was the reissue of their second album from 2015 Lady Beast II. That was last year and it came out on this label. But I originally got into LADY BEAST back in 2020 with their The Vulture's Amulet full length. I've been a fan ever since.
So here we have the band's fifth full length and yeah I'm bias but fuck you it's damm good. First off it works well when your key musicians are still around after over twenty years. I'm talking about vocalist Deborah Levine, guitarist Chris Tritschler and drummer Adam Ramage. In recent years the band added devotees like Amy Bianco on bass and guitarist Andy Ramage (from ARGUS) who provides some killer lead work.
For me LADY BEAST are in my not so humble opinion a great sounding traditional metal band. Of course it's better when you have an amazing vocalist. Deborah Levine comes across as soulful, nasty and powerful sounding. And after all of these years she still sounds amazing. In fact I'd say she's at her very best on The Inner Alchemist.
Musically this release is a melodic metal masterpiece. This is what I want to wake up to every day. I mean years ago I'd wake up and do my morning constitutional then play the radio for the weather. After which I'd push play on the turntable to hear some get the fuck up music. As always it was an album that was on the turntable for weeks. The Inner Alchemist is one of those albums.
You tell me, wouldn't you wanna hear "The Wild Hunt" with it's cool ode to NWOBHM rhythm as well as atrocious soloing? Or how about "Through The Eyes of War" where Deborah Levine sings cool and crafty over a solid riff package and then Andy Ramage comes in with a savage sounding solo. Only to have Amy Bianco join in with a thunderous bass attack.
Yeah I like this album a lot and the single "Inner Alchemist" should prove I'm right about this band. LADY BEAST fuckin rules!
LISTEN HERE:
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-inner-alchemist
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