ROAST – self-titled EP, Glory of Death Records - Review of “Serpent”.
Roast’s second track ‘Serpent’ starts out with a sinister opening lick that sets the tone for an onslaught of heavy rock with fiery blues overtones. The clear, near creepy vocals balance the song’s multiple shifts from scorching rock, through intoxicating groove trips, and set you down hard in an entirely sexy landscape of riffage. Roast is an utter inferno.
Roast is: Connor Barrett, Bill O’Neill, Jon Bolino, and Nico Magalhaes
EP recorded and mixed by James Page at Emerald Age Studio
I first came across SGT Thunderhoof on their spilt with Howling Giant. The quality of their track compelled me to search for more. And were better to start than the beginning. There are only 5 songs on this album, but, as you’ll discover when you start listening, the SGT love his long tunes that eb & flow with walls of sound punctuated with meandering interludes. This album just gets better the further you get through it. The other reviews are right. Not their best but still really good. Harry Harrison
SGT Thunderhoof has become one of my favourite bands…..ever. And if I was held at gun point and asked which was my favourite albums from them, it would be this one, Ride of the Hoof. I listen to ST a lot but my go-to album is this one. If I’m not careful, I don’t give the other ST albums a fair go and that would just be depriving me of the greatness of all their other awesome tunes. With only a limited number of hours in the day, this posses quiet a conundrum. Harry Harrison
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