{"id":103242,"date":"2024-05-13T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T23:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103242"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:10:37","slug":"album-review-ghost-keeper-the-dread-legion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-ghost-keeper-the-dread-legion\/","title":{"rendered":"GHOST KEEPER &#8211; The Dread Legion (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>GHOST KEEPER<br \/>The Dread Legion<\/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\/05\/ghostkeeper_thedreadlegion.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>Hailing from Manchester in England, Ghost Keeper is a thrash act that may have slipped under your radar since forming. So far they have released a brace of EPs and albums, including this latest enjoyable feast. Upon first listen, especially on the title track, I heard a lot of groove, reminding me somewhat of Testament with the chugging riffs and deep vocal chops from David Ashley Dee.<\/p>\n<p>This is solid stuff indeed as the combo opens with the snappy \u2018Reject (Non-Essential Bullshit)\u2019. It\u2019s not overtly technical but the band showcases a lot of maturity and steel, particularly with the crunch of \u2018The Screaming Brain\u2019. From here on in there is a spine of San Francisco Bay Area density coupled with a more rugged UK thrash belligerence.<\/p>\n<p>You get fed nine strong tracks including the hasty \u2018Brain Rot\u2019, the infectious chugger \u2018Dissenter\u2019 and the furious \u2018Everything Sucks!\u2019 To an extent the album cover art didn\u2019t need to be so goofy, because when the band members put their heads together they are more than capable of creating very serious and melody-tinged thrash. I may be a bit late in hopping aboard the Ghost Keeper crazy train, but now I\u2019ve got a ticket I\u2019m really enjoying the ride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GHOST KEEPERThe Dread Legion Self-released (2024)Rating: 7\/10 Hailing from Manchester in England, Ghost Keeper is a thrash act that may have slipped under your radar since forming. So far they have released a brace of EPs and albums, including this latest enjoyable feast. Upon first listen, especially on the title track, I heard a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-ghost-keeper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103242","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=103242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103245,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103242\/revisions\/103245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}