As much as I’m not the biggest fan in the world of retro-metal,
\nI have to give the Australian quartet Pegazus a lot of credit. Not
\nonly have they studied the lessons of bands like Iron Maiden and
\nManowar, but they’ve successfully taken that sound and feel and
\ntranslated it into modern-day music. Their latest release,
\nBreaking The Chains<\/i>, is ample evidence of this.<\/p>\n
The band – vocalist Danni Ceceit, bassist Cory Betts, and the
\nbrothers Stoj (Johnny on guitars, Robbie on drums) — do something
\ninteresting on the ten cuts that make up this album. They take
\nalmost the exact sound of classic ’80s metal and make it both
\ninteresting and relevant for today.<\/p>\n
To be honest, I didn’t think they’d pull it off this well. After
\nthe album’s opener “Metal Forever,” I was able to appreciate the
\neffort and musicianship of the band, but I was worried that the
\nrest of the disc would continue in the “death-to-all-but-metal”
\nposturing that bands such as Manowar made a career out of.
\nFortunately, Pegazus shows that they have many other facets to
\ntheir music.<\/p>\n
Once you clear the hump of “Metal Forever,”
\nBreaking The Chains<\/i> runs for what seems like an eternity
\nwithout making a single mistake. Tracks like “The Crusade,” “Tears
\nOf The Angels,” “Chariots Of The Gods” and the title track all
\nserve as proof that not every band worships the thousand-note
\nguitar solo. Instead, Pegazus actually put some effort into
\ncrafting a good song structure and a powerful rhythm track. This is
\nwhat really helps to push this band over the edge and make this
\ndisc so entertaining.<\/p>\n
It actually gets to the point that you might not care that
\nprecious little new musical ground is being broken. In truth, it
\ndoesn’t really seem to matter. If Pegazus can be credited for
\nanything, it would be that their sound pays warm tribute to classic
\nIron Maiden. While you’ll enjoy this disc as long as it’s playing,
\ndon’t be surprised if you find yourself digging out your battered
\ncopies of
\nPowerslave<\/i> or
\nSomewhere In Time<\/i> after this disc ends.<\/p>\n
Mistakes? There are just a few. Pegazus makes only one real
\nmis-step on the last original track, “Apache Warrior.” This concept
\nand rhythm sounds a bit forced, and the track suffers as a result.
\nThe only other qualm I had was on their otherwise impressive cover
\nof Helloween’s “A Little Time.” This track is still very fresh in
\nmy mind (having been pulled from
\nBetter Than Raw<\/i>, which was released just a few years ago),
\nand I can still hear the vocal harmonies in the chorus. Sadly,
\nthese are chucked out the window on this cover… and the
\ndifference is quite noticeable. Still, an otherwise applaudable
\neffort.<\/p>\n
\nBreaking The Chains<\/i> is the kind of disc that you might not
\nwant to like before you’ve heard it, but you’ll find hard to yank
\nout of your CD changer once you’ve experienced it. Pegazus soars
\nhigh with this release, hitting only a little turbulence on the
\njourney. If you still long for the days of metal’s glory,
\nBreaking The Chains<\/i> is a modern-day reminder of why you fell
\nin love with the genre in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6329],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-36621","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-pegazus","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36621"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36621"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}