{"id":93623,"date":"2022-05-02T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93623"},"modified":"2022-06-01T17:53:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T16:53:42","slug":"ep-review-savage-desire-living-under-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-savage-desire-living-under-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"SAVAGE DESIRE – Living Under Sin EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAVAGE DESIRE
Living Under Sin EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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There\u2019s some excellent straight up metal bands doing the rounds of late, and you can add Brazilian act Savage Desire to the horde because this is driving metal that wouldn\u2019t have sounded out of place in the early 90s.<\/p>\n

From the off I\u2019m hearing all manner of influences ranging from D.A.D. to L.A. Guns and to Sea Hags, more so in the slightly gravelled vocal approach of guitarist Leonardo Sinigalhia. It would probably be unfair to call this sleaze metal, although I\u2019m sure back in the day it would\u2019ve had Metal Forces<\/em>\u2019 own Kelv Hellrazer praising it to high heaven.<\/p>\n

That opening cut \u2018Wanted N\u2019 Wild\u2019 smokes of streetwise L.A. Guns attitude, snarling with more recent Wildstreet vibes and just billowing a melody straight from Hollywood Boulevard. It\u2019s not often a band makes such an immediate impact, but Savage Desire packs a punch from the off.<\/p>\n

\u2018Saints N\u2019 Sinners\u2019 has a chunky clunk to its steady chug, swaggering with sexual tension to break free from its leather strides. Again there\u2019s that attitude as the drums clank with a steady nod and the bass obliges too.<\/p>\n

The catty squawk of \u2018The Best That I Can\u2019 has a sort of Faster Pussycat vibe where again the melody is a steady sleaze ball chug. I just love Sinigalhia\u2019s Americanised drool, which for me harkens back to Celtic Frost circa the much criticized Cold Lake<\/em> (1988) where the snarl was still evident in spite of the new blasts of hairspray.<\/p>\n

So while Savage Desire may be keen to mimic the halcyon days of what many may call \u201chair metal\u201d, this EP just smokes with struttin\u2019 melody. The combo has a wonderful ability to provide instantly catchy tunes, evident on the funky shimmer of \u2018Turn Off The Lights\u2019 which flirts with sober M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce<\/a> and cavorts with Faster Pussycat while exhibiting streaks of that funk metal trend like, say, Kingofthehill.<\/p>\n

Closer \u2018In The Night\u2019 is about as nostalgic as it gets, however, with the simmering intro, the Skid Row and Ratt flirtations, the steady, fiery chug, and the subtle keyboards as a backdrop to the building bravado.<\/p>\n

These guys need to get back in the studio as soon as possible and record a full-length platter, because if this EP is anything to go by then Brazil could be the most unlikely place to spawn the next big rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band.<\/p>\n

With Living Under Sin<\/em>, Savage Desire has combined snarling melody with some truly authentic yet riveting sleaze metal. Apart from Emissary\u2019s staggeringly awesome self-titled<\/a> debut, this is my favourite EP release of the year.<\/p>\n

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

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