The following review of our Driller Killer EP can be found on the Dead Earnest site.

Now you'd think, with an album so recently released, that Edinburgh's finest original all-male metal band, wouldn't have needed to put out a CD-EP, especially one that features two tracks from the album, re-recorded. But it's when you start to listen to it, that you see why they're doing this – for, it cooks, drives, rocks and rolls in a way that the album never did – and the album was hot!! If I had to guess, I'd say that the album was the band getting a long-awaited catalogue of songs out of their systems, one that showcased the compositional and performance breadth of this “Classic Rock” band. But, right from the thunderous sound of classic rock and metal that is “Stunned”, you quite simply know that this band is here to rock – and they tear the road up before you as this mighty sound of riffing, searing guitars, immense sounding bass, rock solid drums and high-flying Judas Priest-esque vocals, all combine to create a truly stunning opening number. But there's an urgency to the song fuelled by an obvious sense of enjoyment as though the band, having got the album out of their systems, can now relax and launch themselves into songs that truly erupt into life with all the energy and adrenaline, passion and power, that you'd expect from such a quality metal band as this. Quite simply, they're having the time of their lives playing it all, which quite naturally leads to the listener having the same feeling listening to it. “Stressed Out” explodes into life with its rampaging rhythms, red hot lead guitar work, thunderous bass, sky-high vocals, addictive chorus and massively deep molten metal density, all sounding fresh and vital, produced to perfection, as indeed, is the whole EP. “Shetlamb, Driller Killer” hammers out in a blaze of riffing guitars, crunching drums, more titanic bass and high-flying vocals to provide yet another absolute gem of full-force, driving Classic Rock as this belter of a song erupts from the speakers to perfection. The redone “24 Hour Breakdown” and “Motor Man” sound on fire and every bit the massive metal monsters of songs that they always should have been, the sound of a rock band taking you firmly by the throat and refusing to let go. This is an EP of 5 absolutely top notch rock and metal songs, played sung and produced to stand head and shoulders alongside the cream of the more well known Classic Rock bands, a feat that it achieves with seemingly effortless ease.

The track, Stunned, from our new EP, Driller Killer, is being played on Rock Radio 96.3 this evening during Tom Russell's Friday Night Rock Show. So if you are in the Glasgow are you can tune in on 96.3FM, or you can listen via Digital Radio if you are in Edinburgh. For those in the rest of the world, then you can listen online at www.rockradio.co.uk

Our track is being played as part of Tom's A&R sessions, so you can vote for us to win at, Tom's A&R. Voting closes at Noon on Wednesday the 30th of September, so we'd very much appreciate if you could take the time to go and vote.

Cheers,

VP.