Valley_of_the_Sun-Electric_Talons_of_the_Thunderhawk-LP-2014-KLV

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2014-09-27

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  Artist : Valley Of The Sun
   Album : Electric Talons Of The Thunderhawk
   Genre : Rock
    Year : 2014
   Label : Fuzzorama Records
    Cat# : FUZZLP015
  Source : Vinyl
 Bitrate : VBRKbps
    Size : 76,0 MB
 Runtime : 43:51 min
     URL : n/a

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     01. Worn Teeth                                               03:12
     02. As Earth And Moon                                        06:08
     03. Maya                                                     03:46
     04. Nomads                                                   05:19
     05. Laser Vision Intermission                                02:09
     06. Within The Glare                                         05:28
     07. The Message Is Get Down                                  03:46
     08. The Sleeping Sand                                        03:57
     09. Gunslinger                                               04:07
     10. Centaur Rodeo                                            05:59

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     Get down!  Valley of the Sun provide blues based hard rock.
     They have heavy catchy riffs, and their style has a unique
     edge reminiscent of early 90s grunge pre-grunge explosion.
     That is grunge bands before the radio tampered with their
     style. Electric Talons of the Thunderhawk draws from
     influences all over the board in eighties speed metal, punk,
     and classic rock.  Their vocalistÆs singing range strikes me
     as familiar to Mike Patton and Chris Cornell.

     That nineties vibe can be felt particularly on track number
     two ôAs Earth and Moonö which starts off as a Corrosion of
     Conformity sound.  They have the sludge rock soul of
     Soundgarden taken to a more extreme end without actually
     becoming metal.

     The deep bass groove in Electric Talons may catch your ear.
     It hits often throughout the album.

     The energetic presentation of the vocalist is very
     captivating.  He fills his role as the soul of the band, and
     in my opinion would be a hard replacement.

     The powerful guitar riffs are hard to shake.  As I said they
     are rooted in some old school blues, but pack the edge of
     eighties metal.  This is done in a way that evades the radio
     rock style of the last two decades.

     His guitar solos can be compared to the technique used by
     Zakk Wylde and Pepper Keenen. This is the kind of talented
     guitar player who serves to write good songs and not upstage
     the other guys in the band.

     Valley of The Sun are a refreshing outfit. I would definitely
     like to see more of their experiment with sludge rock in the
     future.

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