{"id":99586,"date":"2023-03-17T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=99586"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T17:22:19","slug":"album-review-blind-oath-blind-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-blind-oath-blind-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"BLIND OATH – Blind Oath (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLIND OATH
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\nHorton (2023)<\/span>
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Tulsa, Oklahoma-based metallers Blind Oath released a demo back in 2018 and since then seemed intent on releasing singles\u2026 until now. This self-titled debut full-length offering \u2013 which features all the singles released between 2020 and 2023 \u2013 comes as somewhat as a surprise. I thought, upon first inspection, it might have been another of those New Wave Of British Heavy Metal-worshipping bands, but I was very wrong.<\/p>\n

Blind Oath\u2019s debut most certainly offers up plenty of traditional metal details but with far more energy and weight, particularly in the deathly vocal rants of Eric Miller. To an extent it\u2019s like hearing Cronos from Venom or Lemmy from Mot\u00f6rhead ranting over a slightly thrashy yet catchy as hell heavy metal record. The fact that these guys have shared the same stage as Exciter and Satan and have Cirith Ungol\u2019s Tim Baker providing guest vocals on the track \u2018The Flame\u2019, pretty much says it all.<\/p>\n

There is a decidedly 80s feel about proceedings with a contemporary shine, but never is the grit of the general sound sacrificed as the combo blazes through a selection of volatile tracks. \u2018Ride Of Eleanor\u2019, the devilish \u2018Spectral Attack\u2019, the monstrous \u2018Tombs Of The Blind Oath\u2019 and the shredding nature of \u2018Fascinatrix\u2019 are evidence of such thrilling diversity expressed within a feisty metal framework. To put it simply, this album rips\u2026 hard!.<\/p>\n

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

BLIND OATHBlind Oath Horton (2023)Rating: 8\/10 Tulsa, Oklahoma-based metallers Blind Oath released a demo back in 2018 and since then seemed intent on releasing singles\u2026 until now. This self-titled debut full-length offering \u2013 which features all the singles released between 2020 and 2023 \u2013 comes as somewhat as a surprise. I thought, upon first inspection, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5326],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-blind-oath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99586","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=99586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99587,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99586\/revisions\/99587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}