“The God Album” comes recommended for fans of Strapping Young Lad and Judas Priest and in a way I see where the press release is getting at. UK’s Monsterworks do have an eclectic sonority incorporating a vast array of influences, amongst them the industrialized thrash of SYL and Judas Priest’s most AOR material, but I seriously doubt fans of such two distinct acts will sink their teeth to “The God Album” with maniacal appetite.
See, aside from some Halford-type wails and some traditional-metal soloing, there’s precious few here to please the common Priest fan, and as for the SYL influences they only come to the fore when the four-piece burst into relentless sonic brawls, but that only happens a few times throughout the album’s length.
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