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    Heaven's Metal #26/Seventh Seal
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    Seventh Seal

    Ruff Draff Too

    (1989)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

    Discogs
    Label independentHeaven's Metal #26July 1990
    funk metalhard rockmelodic metal

    The second helping of music from this "too talented to go unnoticed band" is the kind of stuff you quickly eat up and ask for more. This "all black white metal band" (I'm not a racist, that's for sure, but - like it or not - this is a great marketing angle. It only helps the band get more notice. Look at Living Colour.) lays out some more quality melodic metal with "Can't Stop Believing", which includes way-big BGV's and some great double guitar licks. This band could eat up the radio and spit it out! "Purged" shows that they can crunch out a dinosaur rocker, plus it throws in some funky flavor. The vocal delivery reminds me of Living Colour's "Open Letter to a Landlord". (I hope this band doesn't get dismissed as just a copy of Living Colour - they're professional.) "Fire" shows that the band can play real fast and still not lose their commercial kick. Lyrically, it's a really cool lament/prayer over one's spiritual condition: "...my land is on fire!" To order this, and believe me - you'd be a fool not to - send $5.

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