Age of Evil – Get Dead

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The new self-released EP from Arizona’s Age of Evil presents two brand new original songs, two classic metal covers and two exclusive live versions of tracks from their debut album Living A Sick Dream, released in 2007. Age of Evil’s sound on their original songs is very similar to David Ellefson’s F5 with a 50/50 mix of modern metal and classic ’80s thrash, and although it’s easy to tell from Jeremy Goldberg’s vocals that this is a young band, his voice avoids all of those tell-tale signs of whining angst most bands with over-groomed fringes have. He has a voice of a genuine metal singer, in short. The stand-out thing about the two new tracks, besides the excellent Anthrax groove and crushing heaviness, are Jordan Ziff’s blistering guitar solos at the beginning and end of both opener Cruel Intentions and the title track. These are followed by two excellent covers in the shape of Skid Row’s Slave To The Grind and Judas Priest’s The Hellion/Electric Eye, then the two live tracks, where the Pantera-esque Southern riffs of Eye For An Eye hint at the content of their full-length album, for anyone unfamiliar. A superb release, and only $5 plus shipping from their website too.

Written by Andy Lye
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