Artist: Steel
Release Title: Heavy Metal Machine
Release Title: Heavy Metal Machine
Release Type: EP
Release Year: 1998
Artist Genre: Power Metal
Artist Origin: Sweden
Track Listing:
1. Heavy Metal Machine 2. Rock Tonite 3. Say Goodbye (To Love) 4. The Green Manalishi 1998 (Judas Priest cover)
1. Heavy Metal Machine 2. Rock Tonite 3. Say Goodbye (To Love) 4. The Green Manalishi 1998 (Judas Priest cover)
Well spank my Ar*e and call me charlie...THESE ARE THE GUYS FROM OPETH!?!? I'm sorry but this EP has all of the Opeth albums in it's back pocket as far as high quality ROCKING goes (Opeth are pretentious drivel in my opinion). You love Accept?? You'll crank this till the cops are banging on your door for disturbing the peace. The vocalist Dan Swano has an almost identical Udo tone to his voice with the high pitched maniacal shriek and the menacing rasp, and the music is pretty comparable to Accept on top form although with a loud and crisp 90's production.
The songs tend to represent the 3 main different natured beasts of 80's metal. The title track is great speed metal, the second song is the more mid paced "Rock till you drop!" style song and the third is the ballad. All three are delivered great and the cover of Judas Priest's cover of "The Green Manalishi" is nicely done. There's a layer of cheese over all of the songs as it's these guys having fun but all fans of classic metal appreciate the fun in the cheese.
Awesome irony that Opeth consider this music just a laugh and their main project is what they're most proud of!! If like me, you love 80's Heavy Metal, the fun, the catchiness, the over the top song elements and loveably fun dose of cheese, you NEED to hear this.
