{"id":103924,"date":"2024-10-10T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103924"},"modified":"2024-10-10T12:43:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:43:17","slug":"album-review-nasty-savage-jeopardy-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-nasty-savage-jeopardy-room\/","title":{"rendered":"NASTY SAVAGE – Jeopardy Room (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASTY SAVAGE
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\nFHM (2024)<\/span>
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Nasty Savage is one of my favourite heavy metal bands, responsible for three classic albums in the 1980s: Nasty Savage<\/em> (1985), Indulgence<\/em> (1987) and Penetration Point<\/em> (1989). After that particular era the band suffered several breaks before releasing a fourth full-length in 2004, Psycho Psycho<\/em>, before dissolving. Even so, the Floridian combo has been wafting around in some form since 2016, but I was mighty surprised when a brace of singles emerged this year and now this new album, Jeopardy Room<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Still led by original vocalist \u201cNasty\u201d Ronnie Gilletti, the new look Nasty Savage also features drummer Jim Coker who first appeared back in 1992, guitarist Pete Sykes who joined in 2018, fellow axeman Dave Orman who was recruited in 2022, and newest member Kyle Sokol who plays bass.<\/p>\n

As with a lot of classic band\u2019s I become rather nervous when they release a new album after being away so long, but the fact Ronnie and co. has re-recorded old demo gem \u2018Witches Sabbath\u2019 brings a tingle to the spine, as does the gloriously old school cover art from Lewis Van Dercar.<\/p>\n

Although the last album, Psycho Psycho<\/em>, was somewhat of an underwhelming release, Jeopardy Room<\/em> more than makes up for it. This is the sound Nasty Savage fans want to hear; glinting full strength power metal fused with beefy, burly thrash encased in muscular riffs, pounding bass and drums and Ronnie\u2019s no nonsense vocal drive. Case in point is the monstrous \u2018Brain Washer\u2019 with its immense metallic riffage, meandering solo and consistently pummeling percussion. This is classic Nasty Savage, a blazing potent force streaked with sublime melody and crushing rhythms, as evidenced on the vaguely deathly \u2018Schizoid Platform\u2019 complete with Ronnie\u2019s growls<\/p>\n

You can pluck any track from this opus and you\u2019ll be flattened within seconds. I want to refer back to \u2018Witches Sabbath\u2019 though as it features guest contributions from Obituary\u2019s John Tardy (vocals) and Donald Tardy (drums) which gives it more of a punch, not that it was required because this cut literally starts where the glory days of the band finished, a seamless transition into face-melting savagery. Even so, the band doesn\u2019t simply resort to nostalgia, far from it. Jeopardy Room<\/em> boasts a modern brutality, epitomised by such lethal constructs as the rousing \u2018Operation Annihilate\u2019, \u2018Southern Fried Homicide\u2019 and, big favourite of mine, \u2018Aztec Elegance\u2019 which showcases the bands fluid variety.<\/p>\n

With so many battering rams to behold, Jeopardy Room<\/em> does feel somewhat Bay Area-inspired, especially on \u2018Blood Syndicate\u2019, but more than anything the return of Nasty Savage proves that old dogs don\u2019t necessarily want to learn new tricks; they just want to rip your face off, still. You will have to accept, however, that those early releases will never be bettered, but this is as close as it gets.<\/p>\n

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

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