Of course, as it is often the case when this happens, the first thing you notice while listening to Blood Runneth Over is the "slight" influence of a small garage band called Iron Maiden for the few of you guys who may know them... But for what I know of this cult band, none of the melody you'll find on Blood Runneth Over is just a copy-and-paste riff. And that was the main fear I had at the beginning... So that's something I really appreciated, feeling that the band put some effort in the composition process because everything is pretty well done I have to say... Well, everything but the vocals, actually. But vocals are rather a matter of execution and not of composition and we'll dicuss this point in just a few seconds. Apart from this, the Maiden-ish touch we get everywhere leaves no space for really unexpected ideas, unfortunately. I recognized a kind of Ange feeling on the intro of "No Surrender!!!" but I guess 99% of you guys completely ignore this French 70's psychedelic rock'n roll band and I think so would the young musicians: I believe rather in a pure coincidence.

Back to the problem of the singing then... That's indeed the point I regret the most. And it's a very important one because it's so disturbing that I believe very few people will be able to go further than 2 or 3 songs. And actually you have to listen to Blood Runneth Over more than just once to say: "OK this is not completely shitty...." To make a more accurate comment, I will say that at least it is not always the right tone singing but the style isn't there either. Call it what you want: cheesy or whatever, the vocals just suck and this is it! And once again, it's just too bad for the instrumental performance which shows something interesting.

written by Hubert Chapuis

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