{"id":22606,"date":"2014-12-05T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=22606"},"modified":"2014-12-14T21:03:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T21:03:48","slug":"album-review-messiahs-kiss-get-your-bulls-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-messiahs-kiss-get-your-bulls-out\/","title":{"rendered":"MESSIAH\u2019S KISS – Get Your Bulls Out! (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MESSIAH\u2019S KISS
Get Your Bulls Out!<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMassacre (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a nice dose of catchy and fairly weighty melodic metal from German \/ UK \/ US outfit Messiah\u2019s Kiss. I wasn\u2019t sure about the cover art let alone the terrible album title, but it\u2019s certainly one of those hefty, melodic metal albums that deserve its chance because all the right ingredients are here. <\/p>\n

Firstly, there\u2019s the effortless vocal sneers of Mike Tirelli who has featured for the likes of Riot and Jack Starr\u2019s Burning Starr in the past, but he literally owns this record as the quintet charges through an almost rich and warm style of metal that comes into its own with the heavyweight chug of \u2018Rescue Anyone? Rescue Me?\u2019.<\/p>\n

The guitar team of Georg Kraft (Repression) and Jason Banks (Persian Risk, Repression) can only be admired because they\u2019ve created a mini-masterpiece here; combining classic 80s metal with that hint of contemporary design.<\/p>\n

Although a very much straightforward, yet fleshy metal album I\u2019m just so endeared to its quality, mesmerised by its textures and shaken by the drum techniques of Eckhard Ostra (Repression) whose prods complement the fine bass trundles of Wayne Banks (Persian Risk, Repression, ex-Sabbat).<\/p>\n

Get Your Bulls Out!<\/em> is the band\u2019s fourth opus, but amazingly their first record since 2007\u2019s Dragonheart<\/em>. The album opens with the fiery \u2018Livin\u2019 In Paradise\u2019; a ballsy, power metal romp featuring fast-paced chords and thrusting percussion, and yet it\u2019s probably the weakest cut on offer in spite of its catchy nature. \u2018Immortal Memory\u2019 bubbles slowly to the surface with those rich vocal tones which are both rugged and laced in velvet; again it\u2019s another upbeat rocker that brings Dio at its most powerful to mind.<\/p>\n

When the band go full pace there\u2019s also a touch of Accept about the prowess, but through that metallic snorting there are so many lush layers and melodic segments. This is particularly evident with the fantastic \u2018Only Murderers Kill Time\u2019 with its initial ballad-styled opening.<\/p>\n

There are so many immense tunes to latch onto here, and at times with Mike Tirelli\u2019s vocals I\u2019m reminded of John Corabi (ex-M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce<\/a>) and also Joe Lest\u00e9 (Bang Tango, Beautiful Creatures), and that rasp is just so infectious as he mows his way through the speedy \u2018Time To Say Goodbye\u2019 with its hammering guitars, and one of my favourite slices \u2018Symphony Of Sin\u2019 with its cracking bass intro and brooding velocity.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it strange how albums can seemingly come out from nowhere and bite you on the arse? Messiah\u2019s Kiss is clearly an underrated band and I don\u2019t see how anyone can overlook such a racy and powerful opus. I for one am overawed by the likes of \u2018Whisper A Prayer\u2019 and the soulful metal slam of \u2018Without Forgiveness\u2019, and with Dio sadly being no more it seems only right that Messiah\u2019s Kiss should take over the mantle. But please guys, a better album cover and title next time.<\/p>\n

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

MESSIAH\u2019S KISSGet Your Bulls Out! Massacre (2014)Rating: 8.5\/10 This is a nice dose of catchy and fairly weighty melodic metal from German \/ UK \/ US outfit Messiah\u2019s Kiss. I wasn\u2019t sure about the cover art let alone the terrible album title, but it\u2019s certainly one of those hefty, melodic metal albums that deserve its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1519],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-messiahs-kiss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606","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=22606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22633,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606\/revisions\/22633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}