{"id":100510,"date":"2023-04-28T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=100510"},"modified":"2023-06-22T17:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:22:38","slug":"album-review-elle-tea-fate-is-at-my-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-elle-tea-fate-is-at-my-side\/","title":{"rendered":"ELLE TEA – Fate Is At My Side (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELLE TEA
Fate Is At My Side<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Now here is a gem of a release you should all be jumping on. I know very little about Elle Tea (except the fact it\u2019s a band of Italian design) and I almost don\u2019t want to, just so I can keep the mystery alive.<\/p>\n

This is wonderful hard rock that\u2019s so rich and fluid and yet obscure that it could have easily been issued anywhere between 1979 and 1983. Fate Is At My Side<\/em> is wonderfully melodic, warm and atmospheric in spite of being stripped-back vintage rock. From the off with the title track there is a simplicity and ease; the guitar sound is almost nonchalantly cool in its motion and the accompanying vocals are as equally casual, yet clear and effective.<\/p>\n

The influence from the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal era is evident, but this release has its own magic within its comforting layers. The steady gallop of \u2018An Awaited Sign\u2019, the slow burning suspense of \u2018Part Of The Devil\u2019 and right through to the sublime \u2018The Wanderer\u2019\u2026 how can a record feel so barren yet majestic?<\/p>\n

Fate Is At My Side<\/em> is a record that teases with its structures (\u2018Burning Soul\u2019) and yet jabs like an unbeaten fluid lightweight boxer who doesn\u2019t require arrogance due to such knowing. \u2018Riding In The Dust\u2019 is Elle Tea at its busiest, almost tapping into a \u201cstoner rock\u201d vibe amidst those late 70s zips, while \u2018Voice Of Time\u2019 is somehow contemporary US rock in its joy but also cosmically 60s.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a reviewer that\u2019s so often loathe to give an album a 10\/10 rating and so I won\u2019t here, but Fate Is At My Side<\/em> is a gorgeously mesmeric record that feels so natural in its construction that one cannot help but scratch their head in bemusement at its splendour.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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