{"id":3238,"date":"1989-06-01T00:00:54","date_gmt":"1989-06-01T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2012-01-16T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:35:00","slug":"demo-review-stygian-earthly-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-stygian-earthly-homicide\/","title":{"rendered":"STYGIAN – Earthly Homicide (1989) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

STYGIAN<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nEarthly Homicide (1989)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Now here\u2019s a band that I\u2019m keen to hear more from. Jamie Sarno (vocals), Mike Delmore (guitar), Bob Allen (guitar), James Harris (bass) and Dan Voykin (drums) create the original and interesting sound that is Chicago, Illinois-based Stygian.<\/p>\n

At first the name conjured up a doom metal band or Satanists, but that was soon dispelled with \u2018Lead Foot\u2019 which is typical of the demo; power metal with plenty of variety and guitars. This track is similar to Kublai Khan\u2019s \u2018Death Breath\u2019, but isn\u2019t as thrashy. The vocals are very similar to Kublai Khan\u2019s Greg Handevidt, but prove to be more powerful and with a greater range.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hope Not War\u2019 eases up on the speed but not on the power. Time changes and good guitar work are its highlights; great stuff. Finally, there\u2019s \u2018Earthly Homicide\u2019, an instrumental which could easily have lyrics added, but they would spoil the majesty of the song. The news sheet with the demo describes it as \u201can epic masterpiece\u201d. A boast? Sure, but an understatement. From a subtle intro, building gradually into a rip-roaring thrasher with class stamped all over it, the song shows that Stygian aren\u2019t afraid to try something different and this is their strength. Stygian have produced a debut demo to be proud of.<\/p>\n

Chris Emblem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 40 (1989)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STYGIAN Earthly Homicide (1989) Now here\u2019s a band that I\u2019m keen to hear more from. Jamie Sarno (vocals), Mike Delmore (guitar), Bob Allen (guitar), James Harris (bass) and Dan Voykin (drums) create the original and interesting sound that is Chicago, Illinois-based Stygian. At first the name conjured up a doom metal band or Satanists, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-demo-reviews","category-stygian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238","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=3238"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3240,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions\/3240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}