{"id":99697,"date":"2023-01-05T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=99697"},"modified":"2023-05-04T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:48:17","slug":"album-review-sons-of-cult-back-to-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-sons-of-cult-back-to-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"SONS OF CULT – Back To The Beginning (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SONS OF CULT
Back To The Beginning<\/strong><\/span>
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\nFighter (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Spanish metal band Sons Of Cult nod to an early-to-mid 80s trudging for this, their debut full-length offering. If you like the stone age rigours of hefty metal acts such as Heavy Load then Back To The Beginning<\/em> is the sort of opus you\u2019ll be bopping along to. Vocalist Jaume Vilanova sounds something akin to a slowed down and almost lazy Ozzy Osbourne as he bellows \u201cFighters of metal\u201d<\/em> repeatedly on opening cut \u2018Fighters\u2019.<\/p>\n

There is a strange charm to this brooding and at times doomy outing as stark yet traipsing riffs run in tandem with sturdy percussion and bass, and it works\u2026 sort of. Somehow Sons Of Cult has found a bit of a niche with its simple sound. The unexpectedly soaring chorus of \u2018But Not Me\u2019, the lumbering doom of \u2018The Farewell Song\u2019 and the speedy steel of \u2018Evil Trail\u2019 are just a few examples of the diversity on show here, and although every track features that nonchalant, drunken drool this is rewarding stuff if you give it the time.<\/p>\n

The galloping \u2018I Wanna Go out\u2019, the ominous yet struttin\u2019 \u2018Fake\u2019 and the infectious jog of \u2018The Power Of Music\u2019 suggest a band with simple aesthetics and yet of pure metal heart. Hear this in 1983 on some underground Swedish label and we\u2019d probably still be praising its qualities all these years later, so Sons Of Cult have most certainly done something right with this 11-track opus which ends with a cover of MSG\u2019s \u2018Desert Song\u2019. The feeling of doom never really leaves the record and that is testimony to the band\u2019s groove-laden yet organic quality. Back To The Beginning<\/em> is a more than solid entrance to the metal realm for this stone-faced bunch of merchants.<\/p>\n

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

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