{"id":104649,"date":"2025-02-28T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=104649"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:58:55","slug":"album-review-christian-mistress-children-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-christian-mistress-children-of-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTIAN MISTRESS – Children Of The Earth (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHRISTIAN MISTRESS
Children Of The Earth<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCruz Del Sur Music (2025)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Returning to the fold three years ago after ceasing to exist in 2016, Christian Mistress finally dishes out a fourth full-length outing. Damn, these US rockers were on quite the roll from 2010 to 2015, releasing three strong albums, and then they just evaporated, seemingly on the crest of a wave.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, Christian Mistress is back with another winner in the form of Children Of The Earth<\/em> which I\u2019ll tuck straight into with opener \u2018City Of Gold\u2019. This is a straight up ballsy rocker that drips with swagger thanks to the cool vocals of Christine Davis. Admittedly formulaic, \u2018City Of Gold\u2019 is that archetypal rock n\u2019 roller fizzing with a metal edge and hardened further by Reuben Storey\u2019s drums. It\u2019s a song that sets the tone marvellously, matched elsewhere by the similarly designed \u2018Demon\u2019s Night\u2019 which sounds like a metallic Blondie!<\/p>\n

These upbeat, struttin\u2019 grooves are aplenty throughout the album with the stripped back New Wave Of British Heavy Metal bile of \u2018Death Blade\u2019, the bass led n\u2019 hip rocker \u2018Love Of The World\u2019, and the fiery trudge of \u2018Mythmaker\u2019 with its traditional metal glaze.<\/p>\n

Strangely, a lot of the songs here have a demo feel and I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s just the production, but the result is a sort of new wave, poppy punk feel occasionally thickened by a harder rock edge. \u2018Voiceless\u2019 is a good example of these aesthetics as is \u2018Shadow\u2019, both easy on the ear and rippling with simple melodious rhythms and driven by the fresh and free axe work.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this record and it prompted me to revisit previous Christian Mistress albums so I could once again revel in the underrated joys of this coven.<\/p>\n

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

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