{"id":93306,"date":"2022-03-26T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93306"},"modified":"2022-04-26T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:56:26","slug":"album-review-coffin-hunters-wake-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-coffin-hunters-wake-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"COFFIN HUNTERS – Wake The Dead (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

COFFIN HUNTERS
Wake The Dead<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Now here\u2019s a contender for album of the year \u2013 the sophomore outing from Santa Rosa, California-based posse Coffin Hunters.<\/p>\n

The front cover artwork screams late 70s \/ early 80s as a distinctive New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stuffiness fills the nostrils, and from the off we are treated to some truly dust-ridden horror metal tinged with dark blues.<\/p>\n

This quartet formed in 2017 and immediately hit their stride with a four-song self-titled EP, which was followed two years later by the impressive full-length debut The Fire Knight<\/em>.<\/p>\n

At the moment there are hordes of bands attempting to recreate those traditional metal values and many fail or become fly-by night pretenders. However, in this case we hear some truly authentic rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, propelled by Sean Rivera\u2019s wails which march the title track into the arena. This is a ballsy opener fuelled by Eric Harriman\u2019s cool, jet-black guitar work.<\/p>\n

\u2018Second Sight\u2019 brings a bluesy warmth courtesy of Brian Crites\u2019 bass and Brennan Kunkel\u2019s slaps, and the result is a semi-doom sort of groove which is easy on the ear but drenched in that British, antiquarian darkness.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing complex about this record, from its gloomy cover art to that sense of musical starkness. At times, a Corrosion Of Conformity meets Thin Lizzy vibe stirs the imagination.<\/p>\n

\u2018Solitude\u2019 flirts with Iron Maiden, while \u2018Dreams Of You\u2019 brings back a strong 70s Lizzy groove. And the bass work throughout the opus knits the band\u2019s groove together nicely.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, \u2018To The Grave\u2019 with its solid drum patterns reminds me of The Damned somehow; the band keeping a rich vein of darkness running. But my favourite tune is the immense \u2018Coffin Lord\u2019, a stark, doomy ten-minute plodder that builds into epic stature. It\u2019s a fitting way to end this robust, rollicking yet free \u2018n\u2019 easy ride from a band that sounds so comfortable in its leathery skin.<\/p>\n

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

COFFIN HUNTERSWake The Dead Self-released (2022)Rating: 8\/10 Now here\u2019s a contender for album of the year \u2013 the sophomore outing from Santa Rosa, California-based posse Coffin Hunters. The front cover artwork screams late 70s \/ early 80s as a distinctive New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stuffiness fills the nostrils, and from the off we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4773],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-coffin-hunters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93306","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=93306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93308,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93306\/revisions\/93308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}