{"id":101756,"date":"2023-10-10T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=101756"},"modified":"2023-10-17T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:27:23","slug":"album-review-steel-rath-prayers-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-steel-rath-prayers-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"STEEL RATH – Prayers Of War (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

STEEL RATH
Prayers Of War<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Prayers Of War<\/em> is the second full-length studio album from S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil-based metal clan Steel Rath. I\u2019ve spun this a few times and can\u2019t get past the fact that the vocals are so high in the mix, but if you can manage to overlook such a discrepancy then you are in for a treat.<\/p>\n

This is your standard old school metal revival, although rather than stodgy and stuffy, the production here is quite crisp considering it\u2019s an independent release. Vocally, guitarist Bruno Coimbra is a tad out if tune and his style varies from gravelled croons to higher strains. Coimbra is joined here by Alex Liv\u00e1s (guitar), Andr\u00e9 Ranhel (bass) and Ji\u00falio D. C\u00e9sar (drums).<\/p>\n

Prayers Of War<\/em> is a sturdy enough soundtrack for a metal by numbers opus that is comfortable in its zone. The album feels a bit long at 50-minutes, but of the nine tracks offered a handful do stick, especially the trudging \u2018Land Of Thieves\u2019, the weighty \u2018Hammer Grinder\u2019 and my favourite brace, \u2018Crimson Star\u2019 and \u2018Fire Eagle\u2019. The former exhibits soul and subtlety, while the latter streaks along with great effect.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing here that really excites, but it does remain a steely affair even if it loiters in the middle of the road for most if its existence.<\/p>\n

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

STEEL RATHPrayers Of War Self-released (2023)Rating: 7\/10 Prayers Of War is the second full-length studio album from S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil-based metal clan Steel Rath. I\u2019ve spun this a few times and can\u2019t get past the fact that the vocals are so high in the mix, but if you can manage to overlook such a discrepancy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5509],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-steel-rath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101905,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101756\/revisions\/101905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}