PENTAGRAM — Pentagram (Relentless) (review)

PENTAGRAM — Pentagram (Relentless) album cover Album · 1985 · Traditional Doom Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
Warthur
Buyer beware: this is basically Pentagram's self-titled debut, given a new title and a scrambled track listing, so if you already have that you don't need this. I will reiterate it here what I said about it on the review page for the original release for convenience's sake.

This came out a full ten years after the initial 1970s demos on which the band honed their sound, but sonically speaking the spirit of those early recordings lives on in this unapologetic throwback to the 1970s. Bobby Liefling's vocals are perfect for the rock, drugs and wild living image of the band whilst Victor Griffin's incredibly heavy riffing rivals that of Tony Iommi at his doomiest. The album might have been preceded by classic doom metal releases by Saint Vitus, Trouble and Cirith Ungol in the previous year, but those who've listened to collections such as First Daze Here know that Pentagram mastered the style well before these others. With this excellent debut, they proved that they held onto that mastery into the 1980s.
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