{"id":4063,"date":"1985-01-01T00:00:11","date_gmt":"1985-01-01T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=4063"},"modified":"2013-06-01T13:07:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T13:07:09","slug":"album-review-witchfynde-lords-of-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-witchfynde-lords-of-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"WITCHFYNDE – Lords Of Sin (1984) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

WITCHFYNDE
Lords Of Sin<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMausoleum (1984)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite their black metal image, there\u2019s little here musically to associate Witchfynde with the likes of Venom, Mercyful Fate, Running Wild, Slayer<\/a> and other demonic bands. But that\u2019s not to say that Lords Of Sin<\/em> is not a good album, for it contains some really strong material delivered in the true spirit of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal.<\/p>\n

The epic \u2018The Lord Of Sin\u2019 opens the band\u2019s fourth album in fine style, before the superb raging \u2018Stab In The Back\u2019 leaps out of the speakers in menacing style. Powerful song this, the album\u2019s best. After the somewhat boring pedestrian \u2018Heartbeat\u2019, \u2018Scarlet Lady\u2019 ends side one in a good rockin\u2019 fashion .<\/p>\n

Side two kicks off with the American sounding hard rock of \u2018Blue Devils\u2019. The Satanical \u2018Hall Of Mirrors\u2019 follows, before the pace is picked up once again with the Saxon-ish \u2018Wall Of Death\u2019. The heavy pounding metal of \u2018Conspiracy\u2019 and the instrumental \u2018Red Garters\u2019 close, what is probably Witchfynde\u2019s best album to date.<\/p>\n

A limited edition 12″ EP, Anthems<\/em>, comes free with the album and features live recordings of four of the band\u2019s stage favourites \u2013 \u2018Cloak And Dagger\u2019, \u2018I\u2019d Rather Go Wild\u2019, \u2018Moon Magic\u2019 and the classic \u2018Give \u2019Em Hell\u2019. So, there is plenty included for all Witchfynde fans, old and new. A good album.<\/p>\n

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

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 9 (1985)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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