Horisont - Second Assault - review
Horisont - Second Assault - review
Tracklist
01. Time Warrior02. Road To Cairo
03. Crusaders Of Death
04. On The Run
05. Watch Them Die
06. Second Assault
07. Spirit
08. Things I've Seen
09. Hard Bargain
10. Thunderflight
A review by
Doc G. April 27, 2012
There's a touch of everything here, actually. Distinct traces of Hendrix, more than a few traces of Black Sabbath, and those lovable Thin Lizzy guitarmonies. Yup, there's some wailing vocals that float nicely over top, but surprise, surprise! Second Assault is an album built entirely around great nostalgic guitar work. It's all about the riffs. Always about the riffs.
Now, before we all start shitting ourselves in excitement, let's take a step back and compare this to another 70's nostalgia-soaked band of Swede's out there: Graveyard. Now, it may seem a little unfair to compare Horisont to a band that has been almost unanimously voted as being awesome, but they really set the standard on how to do a throwback album right. While a band like Graveyard plays with a great range steeped in particularly obvious influences from the 70's, the sound is still their own. Horisont, on the other hand, don't seem as adept at melding this sound into their own thing. It sounds like a band showing us their Hendrix, then showing us their 'Sabbath, and so on. There's not a whole lot of cross-declination or reinventing going on. One segment or song sounds like band A, the next sounds like artist B.
Understandably, all these distinctions probably sound pretty vague without hearing the album for yourselves, so instead of continuing to try and dance around the point, we'll just wrap it up like this: Second Assault is another album that is a good enough listen, but lacks it's own character beyond being a nostalgia album.
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Sabbath and Hendrix? Count me in.
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I do love Witchcraft, and I like Graveyard, but this is all rather vague. Ah well, best to hear for myself.
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Absolutely fantastic band, their first album is amazing as well. I only wish all their songs would be in Swedish.
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