KILL APPEAL — Visitation (review)

KILL APPEAL — Visitation album cover EP · 2011 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Stephen
Kill Appeal is a young Australian hard rock quartet, ready to take on the world by bringing out their prowling, hungry spirit that's heavily influenced by 70-80s heavy metal. This is not a new news, since that decade's revival that's started several years ago, many bands have chosen this path and in order to survive, you have to have something significant at your disposal to avoid being shuffled out in the saturating scene.

Based on four tracks in "Visitation", their glowing element is on Odin Donohoe's guitar licks and the fantastic solos. When the time allowed him to perform in each song, he cracks every note perfectly and the skill he showed deserved a big applause. On "Call Me Mental", for example, the strong NWoBHM vibe with a pluck of Bay thrash on the rhythm was swept nicely with his incinerating solos. Marcus Fraser, whom started originally behind the drumkit, has the unique thrashy vocal, like the growly Dave Mustaine at some point, especially when it's drowned in deep echo.

"Diamond Phyton" is definitely the best track. I like the fast-paced aggressive tempo with GNR's snakedance riffing style. "Out of This World" has a strong groove, but not as good as the first two, and too bad "I want You Dead" is a filler material. Young at age doesn't mean they're green and shallow. Based on what they did here, I can see a bright future ahead and they have all the time they need in the world to evolve and develop. If "Visitation" is already this good, I'm expecting an even better full length debut comin' up next.
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