{"id":93967,"date":"2022-06-11T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93967"},"modified":"2022-06-20T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:49:36","slug":"album-reviews-illucia-a-new-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-reviews-illucia-a-new-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"ILLUCIA – A New Reign (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ILLUCIA
A New Reign<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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All the way from Bangalore in India we have this fresh-faced act that formed in 2014.<\/p>\n

A New Reign<\/em> is the band\u2019s full-length debut and it offers a nice, nifty fusing of traditional metal with occasional thrashy flirtations, as evident from the opening tune \u2018Fateful Night\u2019. There are hints of Judas Priest and streaks of Iron Maiden, although at times everything sounds a touch lightweight. However, I do like the slightly snarled vocal approach of Vineesh Venugopal as the band charges headlong with interesting, exuberant flurries fizzed by Nitin M. Charles\u2019 competent axework.<\/p>\n

Illucia attempts to build atmosphere with the slow-burner \u2018Clap Of Thunder\u2019 which provides a standard metal gallop, but \u2018Trauma Of The Sea\u2019 is a good example of the outfits willingness to stretch towards speedier climes. The track is catchy, and Venugopal comes into his own here as his commands boom over the gleaming metal nuances.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Fortress Of Gold\u2019 is another hasty favourite with its rattling bass and sturdy percussion, and I also found myself tapping along to \u2018Hellucination\u2019 with its plodding drum and sizzling axe work.<\/p>\n

Other notable tracks are \u2018Walls Of Desire\u2019, which is another careering headbanger, while \u2018The Ritual\u2026 A New Reign\u2019 attempts some sort of majestic unravelling with trickling acoustics and Venugopal\u2019s calm whispers.<\/p>\n

A New Reign<\/em> is a record that does exhibit limitations, but I also get the sense the guys are just happy to be creating a metal record. So what it lacks in weight or wizardry is more than made up for with passion and energy, as showcased on the superb \u2018Slaves Of The Land\u2019.<\/p>\n

Sure, it\u2019s all a bit generic when it comes to traditional metal and it\u2019s certainly not treading any new ground, but what is nowadays? However, if you want a straight up heavy metal record then why not support Illucia, they deserve it.<\/p>\n

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

ILLUCIAA New Reign Self-released (2022)Rating: 6.5\/10 All the way from Bangalore in India we have this fresh-faced act that formed in 2014. A New Reign is the band\u2019s full-length debut and it offers a nice, nifty fusing of traditional metal with occasional thrashy flirtations, as evident from the opening tune \u2018Fateful Night\u2019. There are hints […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4840],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-illucia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93967","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=93967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93969,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93967\/revisions\/93969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}