{"id":104519,"date":"2025-02-01T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=104519"},"modified":"2025-02-12T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T13:52:52","slug":"album-review-steel-machine-deliverer-of-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-steel-machine-deliverer-of-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"STEEL MACHINE – Deliverer Of Sin (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

STEEL MACHINE
Deliverer Of Sin<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2025)<\/span>
Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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After a number of demos and two EPs, Finnish trio Steel Machine finally pumps out a debut full-length album. With a line-up of Timo Takala (vocals\/guitar), Sebastian Bergman (bass) and Juha Forsstr\u00f6m (drums), the band hit the ground running with \u2018Savage\u2019, a high energy pacey rocker bristling with a thrash snarl and gasoline drool. It\u2019s relatively standard, unremarkable grease ball metal fused together by an array of wires which stem from influences such as Mot\u00f6rhead.<\/p>\n

I hope Steel Machine proves me wrong, but I don\u2019t see this sort of heavy metal garnering much attention in an over-crowded genre. Even so, with their brash style Steel Machine are extremely entertaining as a first on the bill act to get the stiff crowd warmed up.<\/p>\n

The likes of \u2018Wild Laughter\u2019 boast an oily gallop straight from the heart of the metallic 80s. One begins to envisage a revved up motorcycle hitting the road and perched upon its leather seat and equally leathery speed demon. Maybe we could call this biker metal or barroom thrash because the tone here is snarly enough, especially on \u2018The Stalker\u2019 with its off kilter New Wave Of British Heavy Metal vibe.<\/p>\n

Other mentionable numbers are \u2018Chariot\u2019, which reminds me of a more reckless and looser Iron Maiden, \u2018Burn My Fuse\u2019, which features some excellent axe work, and my personal favourite \u2018Mercy Of The Gods\u2019, which begins like a Dead Kennedys track before jolting into something akin to Venom.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s certainly enough grit and determination on show here, but band\u2019s nowadays can\u2019t get through on just that. The harsh reality is that Deliverer Of Sin<\/em> is mediocre with no real bark, let alone bite.<\/p>\n

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

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