{"id":279,"date":"1984-01-01T00:00:53","date_gmt":"1984-01-01T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=279"},"modified":"2016-07-31T13:08:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T13:08:50","slug":"album-review-warlock-burning-the-witches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-warlock-burning-the-witches\/","title":{"rendered":"WARLOCK – Burning The Witches (1984) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

WARLOCK
Burning The Witches<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMausoleum (1984)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Warlock are another of the many female-fronted bands that have recently burst onto the heavy metal scene. But after listening to Burning The Witches<\/em>, it\u2019s obvious that these Germans are far superior to their American counterparts, such as Hellion and Bitch.<\/p>\n

The band are fronted by the beautiful Dorothee Pesch. Ms. Pesch\u2019s vocals are equally as stunning as her looks, ranging from the Geddy Lee-like vocals (\u00e0 la Acid\u2019s Kate) on the album\u2019s excellent opening cut \u2018Sign Of Satan\u2019 to the more raunchy Jody Turner-style on \u2018Homicide Rocker\u2019. Musically, the band matches the excellence of their vocalist\u2019s talents, producing a tight often melodic sound which reminds me somewhat of that great debut album from Canada\u2019s Reckless a few years back (1981 to be precise!).<\/p>\n

This album is full of high quality numbers such as \u2018After The Bomb\u2019, \u2018Dark Fade\u2019 (touches of Savatage\u2019s \u2018Sirens\u2019 here), \u2018Metal Racer\u2019 and the title track. Unfortunately there are a couple of low points, these being the ballads – \u2018Without You\u2019 and \u2018Holding Me\u2019 – which close each side.<\/p>\n

Warlock are far more devastating with their more uptempo material like the superb \u2018Hateful Guy\u2019, which for me wins the \u201cbest track\u201d on the album award.<\/p>\n

So then, a fine debut from a band whom will hopefully be around for many years to come.<\/p>\n

Bernard Doe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 3 (1984)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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