{"id":3024,"date":"1986-08-01T00:00:18","date_gmt":"1986-08-01T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2012-01-16T17:52:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:52:20","slug":"demo-review-esp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-esp\/","title":{"rendered":"ESP – Demo (1986) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nESP (1986)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I remember speaking to one of the guys in this band whilst in Connecticut to do a Liege Lord interview. Yeah, Pat Prince, one of Metal Forces<\/em>\u2019 East Coast photographers, was talking to him on the phone while I was intently viewing Pantera and Stryper videos in Pat\u2019s collection. I remember the ESP member asked me to listen to their demo. Well, I have done so and here\u2019s the review.<\/p>\n

Four tracks of riff-ridden mayhem are what\u2019s on offer here. \u2018Tower Of Babel\u2019, \u2018Make My Stand\u2019, \u2018Take \u2019Em Alive\u2019 and \u2018Parallel Thoughts\u2019 all echo Queensr\u00ffche, even down to the Geoff Tate-clone vocals of Bill Jennings. It just goes to show how many bands were influenced by the Seattle boyz debut EP. Although, God help anybody who has been influenced by the bloody terrible The Warning<\/em> album!!<\/p>\n

Anyway, Connecticut\u2019s ESP are certainly worth checking out. The band is completed by guitarists Brian Waterbury and Bill Gleason, bassist John McCarthy and drummer Sean Kelly. Of course, Queensr\u00ffche fans will love \u2019em but I think the more discernible amongst you will like \u2019em even more.<\/p>\n

Dave Reynolds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 19 (1986)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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