{"id":102234,"date":"2024-01-12T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102234"},"modified":"2024-01-29T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T15:07:02","slug":"album-review-lucifer-priest-unexpected-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-lucifer-priest-unexpected-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"LUCIFER PRIEST &#8211; Unexpected Presence (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>LUCIFER PRIEST<br \/>Unexpected Presence<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">Self-released (2024)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/luciferpriest_unexpectedpresence.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>After two singles new Brazilian act Lucifer Priest issues its debut full-length album that comes with some striking cover artwork. When I see strong art I always hope that the music within matches and in this instance it\u2019s not bad.<\/p>\n<p>The vocals of drummer John Naza may take a while to get used to as they are delivered as overwhelming shouts and barks, and the production is a bit thin which results in a lack of weight musically at times. Those quibbles aside <em>Unexpected Presence<\/em> is still a good heavy metal album with some excellent fret work, especially on \u2018Death Is Coming Soon\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This is high energy metal with a 80s vibe on occasions and the guys peak very early with the melodious glory of \u2018Dancing Underfire\u2019. The hook is immediate, the guitars are clean and the drums and bass drive hard. Would these guys benefit from a cleaner vocal tone? Probably, but it is what is, so even if you\u2019re not a fan of the vocals then the music should suffice.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of fizz about this outing and it sizzles with exuberance, but the theme is standard zippy metal. I have two favourite tracks, namely \u2018Satan\u2019s Command\u2019 and \u2018Take Me Now\u2019, both of which boast an Iron Maiden-esque vibe. Also worth noting is the exceptional melody of album closer \u2018Acid Trip\u2019. This is good consistent metal to be played by candle flame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUCIFER PRIESTUnexpected Presence Self-released (2024)Rating: 7\/10 After two singles new Brazilian act Lucifer Priest issues its debut full-length album that comes with some striking cover artwork. When I see strong art I always hope that the music within matches and in this instance it\u2019s not bad. The vocals of drummer John Naza may take a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5554],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-lucifer-priest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102234","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=102234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102236,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102234\/revisions\/102236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}