WARKRIME
Get Loose
(No Way)

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Silent Waters
(Nuclear Blast)

GODHEADSCOPE
A City Out of Sight
(God is Myth)

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The Resisting Dreamer
(Tortuga)

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Split
(Rock n Roll Radio)

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Apocalyptic Visions 

(Van)

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h.IV+

(Vendlus)

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With a name like that one would expect a totally different approach. Not sure, maybe black metal or some sort of corpse paint friendly genre. But Dead Child have a lot more in common with Judas Priest and some of the NWOBHM bands than with Marduk and the likes of blasphemous. So this band carries a lot of the classic heavy metal traits in them, and especially guitar wise the dudes rip ass. They play it down, cool if you will, downplaying their real skills. After all, Dead Child count amongst their ranks the talents of one David Pajo, him wonder boy in the indie world for being intrinsic part of perennial post-rock heroes Slint.  Joining him are other Kentucky dwellers of the city’s music scene. But let’s not jump to the conclusion that this is pure entertainment or done with tongue in cheek attitude. In the past Pajo has played in hardcore bands, a past that should suffice to give him leeway when entering the metal world. To make matters all more real, Dead Child have shared the stage with Lords and Blade of the Ripper, bands which play their metal with much gusto and reverence.

Still, is surprising how these five cuts straddle a line between the vintage metal of Maiden and Priest and due to production values step into stoner territory. “Curse of a Legend” as much as we want to lump these dudes with the two above, could never had been created by them. When slow, it’s the exact contrary of the agile metal heroics of both Maiden’s and Priest’s guitar tandems. The same can be said about closing cut “I Will Live Again” which is more stoner rock because it sounds lethargic but retains NWOBHM qualities at chorus time. The riffs are solid and well-written and special mention should go to vocalist Dahm who approaches the music sans god or inquisitor-like postures. Dude can sing, but that doesn’t mean he’s gotta attempt to pull a Rob Halford on us.

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