{"id":6909,"date":"2008-11-04T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=6909"},"modified":"2013-07-20T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T12:08:06","slug":"album-review-souls-of-we-let-the-truth-be-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-souls-of-we-let-the-truth-be-known\/","title":{"rendered":"GEORGE LYNCH\u2019S SOULS OF WE – Let The Truth Be Known (2008) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

GEORGE LYNCH\u2019S SOULS OF WE
Let The Truth Be Known<\/strong><\/span>
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\nShrapnel (2008)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Souls Of We is the brainchild of Dokken axe wizard George Lynch and former Brides Of Destruction wailer London LeGrande, and it\u2019s a worthy addition to any record collection. In sound Let The Truth Be Known<\/em> reminds me of countless records that emerged in the mid 90s, as there\u2019s a strong, muddy grunge style feel throughout, but the songwriting alone enables the band to rise from the swamp like a leviathan.<\/p>\n

This is a clever record with so many nice subtle touches; the brilliant \u2018St Jude\u2019 has a real backwoods, river bottom feel, whilst the fuzzy title track is dense in its production with Lynch\u2019s riffs almost saturating the record in a Black Sabbath<\/a>-style quagmire.<\/p>\n

But every now and then, despite such weighty excursions, ie \u2018Skeleton Key\u2019, and \u2018Sorry To Say\u2019, there is a track of such splendour that I\u2019m dragged back in once more. \u2018January\u2019 too really soars above the murk, and I\u2019m hearing LeGrande in a different light now. His pipes at times may be fragile, but he\u2019s proving himself to be an accomplished rock frontman, although one still searching for identity.<\/p>\n

Overall, Souls Of We are a cool band, but what the future holds is difficult to say, as so many records of this ilk have a \u2018side project\u2019 feel to them, and sometimes that\u2019s when they work best. For now, Let The Truth Be Known<\/em> exists as a dirty slab of a record that deserves your attention, and Mr Lynch dazzles me every time, forever making Dokken seem like some long extinct dinosaur. So long may he continue to carve new niches with his deadly weapon.<\/p>\n

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

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