{"id":96471,"date":"2022-09-23T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=96471"},"modified":"2022-10-27T16:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T15:17:54","slug":"album-review-sonja-loud-arriver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-sonja-loud-arriver\/","title":{"rendered":"SONJA – Loud Arriver (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SONJA
Loud Arriver<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCruz Del Sur Music (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The impressive heavy metal debut albums keep on coming, and this time it\u2019s the turn of Philadelphia act Sonja featuring the fiery vocals of Melissa Moore (Rumpelstilskin Grinder \/ Crosspitter \/ ex-Absu).<\/p>\n

It was the track \u2018Nylon Nights\u2019 which turned me onto these guys. The band appealed due to their almost loose glammy, yet melodic edge and the clever promotional video.<\/p>\n

What I really love about Sonja though is the variety; the dashes of Gothic flavour, the poppy vapours, the intriguing vocals and nostalgic 80s metal flair. But there\u2019s so much more too as evidenced on the opening track \u2018When The Candle Burns Low\u2026\u2019 which boasts an industrial edge, while \u2018Pink Fog\u2019 has a contemporary hard rock strut.<\/p>\n

Loud Arriver<\/em> is an album that may not appeal to the masses, probably because of the diversity it displays. After all, it\u2019s not what you\u2019d call a standard heavy metal album, far from it in fact. \u2018Fuck, Then Die\u2019 has an almost post-punk or Gothic sway with remote vocal wisps, and \u2018Moans From The Chapel\u2019 drips with an 80s Euro metal charm.<\/p>\n

It may be a bold statement but I have a feeling that Sonja could be the next big thing with the right team behind them. Hopefully they\u2019ll maintain this sound rather than succumbing to dilution, but if you like music you can\u2019t quite put your finger on then Loud Arriver<\/em> could well be the next rock \u2018n\u2019 roll thing for you.<\/p>\n

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

SONJALoud Arriver Cruz Del Sur Music (2022)Rating: 8\/10 The impressive heavy metal debut albums keep on coming, and this time it\u2019s the turn of Philadelphia act Sonja featuring the fiery vocals of Melissa Moore (Rumpelstilskin Grinder \/ Crosspitter \/ ex-Absu). It was the track \u2018Nylon Nights\u2019 which turned me onto these guys. The band appealed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5077],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-sonja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96471","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=96471"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96473,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96471\/revisions\/96473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}