Beggar's Ball - Fight This Town review
| Band: | Beggar's Ball |
| Album: | Fight This Town |
| Style: | Stoner metal |
| Release date: | 2006 |
| A review by: | Jeff |
01. Low Life Blues
02. Starbanger
03. Live Out Loud
04. Fight This Town
05. Life In A Lie
06. Deadman's Lullabye
07. American Vocal
08. Anti - Hero
09. Demon Seed
10. Famous N' Filthy
Sometime it's good to listen to some good old Metal from USA. I'm not talking about Thrash or Death Metal this time but about good Southern Rock and Beggars Ball, a band from Los Angeles, is a perfect representative of the genre. With their first album "Fight This Town", the band proves that this kind of Rock is all but not Dead and I will invite you all to check this release if you like the spirit of the bands from the South of the United States.
When I listen to Beggars Ball, three names come to my mind. First, Lynard Skynyrd for the Rock N Roll spirit (it's not surprising to find a cover of "Simple Man" on the MySpace of the band), then Down for the sound from the "South" and then Pantera for the energy. We cannot really compare Beggars Ball to these three bands because our guys from LA didn't try to copy them but it's easy to see the influences of these older and then if you like this kind of music, you'll have to check "Fight This Town" the first album of the combo.
Musically speaking, "Fight This Town" is a solid album of "violent" Hard Rock, structured with some great hoarsy voices and some real killer heavy guitars riffs. It's not really technical on a side but for sure there is something behind the music of Beggars Ball, something that we call Rock N Roll spirit and I like to listen to this kind of music because it's catchy but also really well done. It's a simple music but it works very well and I'm sure that you'll like the attitude of these four American musicians.
Also, even if it's a self-released album, the production is not bad at all and the CD look like a real professional recording. The booklet is just a bit poor but all in all, it's ok for a self-released album. No really if you like mid-tempo songs and loud Metal you'll have to check this album and damn when I listen on MySpace the new song "Helluva Ride" I can already tell you that the next album will be even better!
If you like great Southern Metal, "Fight This Town" is a must for you. The band is good, the compositions catchy so no need to wait anymore, just support this band which deserves to be signed by a good label as soon as possible. Beggars Ball is a promising band and I'm already waiting for their upcoming next album? you'll see it will be great?
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Jeff | 17.07.2007
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Everything that America stands for... ...and I mean the good stuff. Stuff like whiskey and weed. Woodstock and southern rock. Muscle cars and Route 66. Flannel shirts and cowboy hats. Silver spurs and drunken swirls. Trigger-happy western gunslingers. Yes sir...sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll! Beggar's Ball surfs on the ever-rolling wave of guitar heroes, picking up influences from the likes of Velvet Revolver, Pantera and even Creedence Clearwater Revival as well as other veterans of that era. This début brings you the evergreen riffs, the oh-so-juicy passages and squealing six-stringers. Sleazy and dirty - just the way I like it. Read more ›› |
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| destroyah supercharger Elite Posts: 12195  |
It just plain fucking rocks  I am really lazy so i haven't ordered it yet (also I'm blaming the Estonian distributors for not havin it on their catalogues yet  ), but I'll be damned if the record ain't in my collection by the end of this summer!
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