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immense. The strong, pow- impressive to say the least. prise there is much more of to the change in sound
erful industrial instrumenta- Much of ‘Announcing the a piano base to some of overall; however, it’s al-
tion and elegant vocals are End’ boasts a melodic the songs. While there are ways a brave thing to
quite phenomenal. We’re range of vocals, but there some amusing and tongue- change course and do
not usually a fan of cover are times where he is able in-cheek songs that you’ve something unexpected.
albums, but Exit Eden do it to add a dark spin to his come to expect from The- Sometimes you’ve just got
so well that you won’t want voice. The title track is ory, such as ‘Straight to boldly go where you’ve
this album to be exiting among the highlights of the Jacket’, where Tyler sings never been before, be-
your stereo system any- album, another being ‘The about a girl being a psy- cause if you don’t try, you’ll
time soon. Trigger’, which will likely chopath, and ‘Po Mouth’, never know.
YYYYY resonate with many Black about a person who com- YYYY
EXIT EDEN SBV Veil Brides fans, with a plains of never having any SBV
RHAPSODIES IN BLACK combustible cocktail of money, there are also
(NAPALM) SPARZANZA hard and melodic rock set some motivational and en- 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
What happens when ANNOUNCING THE END to an infectious beat. Alas, couraging songs, such as SYMMETRY
four female rock and metal ( DESPOTZ) as good as ‘Announcing ‘G.O.A.T’, which you’d (RUDE)
vocalists cover an array of When it comes to mak- The End’ and ‘The Trigger’ imagine would make a Rude Records have a
pop songs? ‘Rhapsodies In ing an entrance there are are, neither are fantasti- great victory anthem for a great roster and 7 Minutes
Black’ is the end result – a likely to be few albums in cally memorable, which is boxer or any other sporting In Heaven is also now a
collection of music so pow- 2017 which will do it as well sadly an issue with the en- competitor. Musically, the part of the family. ‘Symme-
erful they leave the origi- as Swedish metallers tire album. Unfortunately, it band have taken a step try’ is the Chicago-based
nals looking weak and Sparzanza do with their doesn’t have enough to into the unknown. There band’s follow-up EP to
flimsy in comparison. eighth studio album, ‘An- warrant multiple listens, so are a number of songs that ‘Side Effects’, released
Whatever pop can do, rock nouncing The End’, which while it should satisfy exist- have mainstream chart- back in 2015 and if you
and metal can do ten times opens in grand fashion with ing fans it may fall short at topping potential. ‘Echoes’, haven’t checked them out
better and songs such as the title track of the LP. attracting many new ones. one of the pre-album in- yet, what you can expect is
‘Unfaithful’ by Rihanna and Sucking the listener in with YYY stant grat tracks, has a some bouncy, fun, pop-
‘Incomplete’ by the Back- its bellowing, brooding an- Michael Coventry vast, airy, contemplative punk/rock. Songs such as
street Boys have suddenly them, making you immedi- feel, perfect for radio. Title ‘Better Off’ and ‘Sweetest
grown bigger balls thanks ately imagine something THEORY OF A DEADMAN track, ‘Wake Up Call’, is a Sin’ have sing-along cho-
to a symphonic metal re- dark and powerful lurking WAKE UP CALL melodic, lighters-in-the-air ruses and melodies so lush
working and with vocals by around the corner, the (ATLANTIC) ballad with honest and sin- you’ll be licking your lips,
Amanda Somerville, senses are tickled with the Recorded in London, cere lyrics. ‘PCH’ has a wanting a second, third
Clementine Delauney, Ma- guitar work of Calle Johan- England, Theory Of A poppier, summery beach and fourth helping. There’s
rina La Torraca and Anna nesson and Magnus Ero- Deadman’s sixth studio vibe. There’s a fresh a positivity to the vibrant
Brunner. The four female nen, who truly open the album sees the Canadian ‘young love’ ambience to it, songs and ‘LOTL’ makes
vocalists are from four dif- throttles on their instru- four-piece widening their while ‘Rx’ is a more chilled, you want to leap on top of
ferent countries and have ments seconds later, so horizons. With the opening almost numbing tune, it and give it the biggest
different vocal styles, but ensure you are strapped in instrument being the sound which matches the lyrics bear hug ever. These guys
their covers of the songs for the entire 11-song ride of a piano, you know this is about the opioid epidemic. and their magical music will
on ‘Rhapsodies In Black’ fit this album offers. On vo- definitely not a typical The- The band also include their turn every frown upside
together so well, it’s ge- cals is Fredrik Weileby and ory Of A Deadman album – cover of Chris Isaak’s down. Hopefully we’ll be
nius. ‘Paparazzi’ by Lady his talents are very much and due to frontman Tyler ‘Wicked Game’, which hearing a lot more from 7
Gaga, Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total the centre-piece of the Connolly buying a piano sounds very atmospheric Minutes In Heaven in the
Eclipse Of The Heart’ and album with each song and discovering how much and purposeful. Tyler’s near future.
‘A Question Of Time’ by moulded around his wide- inspiration came from sit- voice really fits the song. YYYYY
Depeche Mode all sound ranging skills, which are ting down at it, it’s no sur- Some fans will not be open SBV

F It’s not just bands that work hard, some fans do too! Every issue we shine the spotlight on a fansite. If you

A devote your time to working on a website to promote a band, let us know about it... and we may feature you!
N Name: fansite?
Yes, all of the band know about the site and
Neil Spencer
S Fansite Name: I think I had contact with some of the mem-
bers initially through my site. Hmm, maybe
I Neil's Vixen Page (yeah, rather boring / ob- not too much fame, but my site is on the
vious I know :-P)
links page of the official Vixen website and
T Why and when did you decide to start I get mentions on Facebook from time to
time, by the Vixen FB page or Roxy mostly.
your fansite?
I got the odd credit from Blabbermouth or
E Just because I was such a huge fan (the BraveWords when they used to get Vixen
band is kind of my obsession), and it was
news stories from my site, and Metal
way back in 1998 that I started doing it. Sludge used some of my pictures and gave
me credit on the '20 Questions' they did
F How long does it take you to keep the with Jan - some of those with Vixen mem- tures, etc, discography, guitar tablature,
bers I helped to arrange. Sidenote: I also
site updated? How much time do you
tour dates archive, too much more to men-
O put into it? ran the official Vixen website for a while tion. The content is definitely the strong
point as opposed to the website design
It varies really depending on how active the
when it was vixenrock.com, between 2006
C band is - it's mostly the news page that I'm and 2013. which I honestly haven't changed much
since it started, really needs a facelift,
updating at the moment as all the rest of
U the content is pretty comprehensive al- Tell our readers why they should visit though I do like the layout of my news
page, simple but effective.
ready.
your site. What's it got?
S Does the band know about it? Coolest It's got pretty much everything! Current Website link:
news with archives back almost 20 years,
thing to happen to you because of the tons of photos - magazine scans, live pic- http://www.neilsvixenpage.com
ALBUMS / FANSITE FOCUS