{"id":93379,"date":"2022-04-29T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93379"},"modified":"2022-05-09T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:52:57","slug":"album-review-midas-midas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-midas-midas\/","title":{"rendered":"MIDAS – Midas (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNo Remorse (2022)<\/span>
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A glut of bands have been trying to sound 80s over the last few years and many have failed miserably, but Detroit, Michigan-based metallers Midas are a breath of fresh air.<\/p>\n

Beginning life in 2018, the combo released a couple of demos \u2013 Solid Gold Heavy<\/em> and Still Hungry<\/em> \u2013 the following year. Although, as with a lot of bands, I\u2019m sure the worldwide pandemic stopped them in their tracks, but now the quartet is back, brighter and fresher than ever.<\/p>\n

This debut full-length album slays, and dishes up eight delicious cuts of straight up metal that is very much in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal vein. Vocalist Joe Kupiec has a nice tone with a hint of gravel, while his axe work alongside the lead of Casey O\u2019Ryan sizzles nicely throughout.<\/p>\n

All the tracks on offer are fluid, breezy and anthemic. Opener \u2018Slaves Of The Night\u2019 instantly hooks in, trundling nicely in creaky, vintage fashion, and \u2018Nobody Gets Out Alive\u2019 reeks of the early 80s, sublime in its harmonized yet rainy Britishness.<\/p>\n

However, as the album unravels there\u2019s a hummable quality, with the clearness of the bass and the driving percussion. Everything sparkles in steely homage to, say, Cirith Ungol or Brocas Helm, ploughing steadily through early to mid 80s glory as the glinting \u2018Hellfire\u2019 billows smoke and casts off specks of grease, while \u2018Break The Chains\u2019 chugs with menace and those vocals sublimely hit the sweet spot.<\/p>\n

The record just mesmerizes, somehow remaining tinged with that 80s Euro-Goth gloominess which resides behind the veil of fiery expression. \u2018Eyes In The Cold\u2019 gets the blood and fists pumping, providing extra steel to its framework, and \u2018Hell Has Frozen Over\u2019 rattles like a more metalized Pentagram.<\/p>\n

\u2018Running Scared\u2019 clanks to the timely tumult of Breck Crandell\u2019s belligerent percussion that retaliates to the equally formidable drive of Anthony Franchina\u2019s bass. It\u2019s wonderful heavy metal culminating in the fizzing \u2018Golden Chariots\u2019.<\/p>\n

Mention must also go to Bambi Guthrie who is responsible for the album artwork, wrapping this thunderbolt of an album in further vintage atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Midas really has conjured up an authentic rock n\u2019 roll outing that I\u2019ve had on repeat for days. If you like your metal catchy, melodic and fired, up then make this your go-to album. This is how heavy metal should be played.<\/p>\n

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

MIDASMidas No Remorse (2022)Rating: 8.5\/10 A glut of bands have been trying to sound 80s over the last few years and many have failed miserably, but Detroit, Michigan-based metallers Midas are a breath of fresh air. Beginning life in 2018, the combo released a couple of demos \u2013 Solid Gold Heavy and Still Hungry \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4784],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-midas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93379","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=93379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93382,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93379\/revisions\/93382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}