CAGE THE GODS – Badlands (2014)
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“Badlands” is the highly anticipated full length debut release from London, UK based hard rockers CAGE THE GODS. Their last year’s EP (presented on 0dayrox) quickly caught the attention from press including Revolver Magazine, Artist Direct and Classic Rock magazine which featured Cage The Gods in the recent 2014 issue of ‘Hottest New Bands’.
The quartet have already toured with Pretty Maids, The Answer, Tainted Nation and soon supporting The Treatment all over the islands, with plans to hit U.S. shores next month.
With appreciation for the music from rock legends such as Led Zeppelin, Free, Def Leppard or Small Faces, this young talented four-piece fuse together rock ‘n’ roll culture from the four corners of the UK: Irishman Peter Comerford on vocals, Scotsman Jam on guitar, Mitch Witham on bass from Wales and then English sticksman Colin Jones.
The songs on “Badlands” are big, full, and comfortably arrogant such as the fast energetic opener “Favourite Sin”, the classic rock sounding “Sacrifice”, “Trouble Reigns” or the title track.
“From The Start” has some funky sounding bass and bluesy guitar lines more slowed down and restrained, while “Bruce Willis” is a killer hard rocker with a strong live vibe.
“Badlands” shows that Cage The Gods have a pretty promising career ahead of them. The album is entirely strong throughout and I can’t imagine any fan of British classic rock music being disappointed.
They add to the recipe a touch of sleazy from the late ’80s Californian scene providing enough variation in both pace and style to please any demanding hard rock fan. All in this record is quite polished; the vocals are up front and confident, the guitar hooks are powerful and go for the throat and the rhythm section are as tight as they come.
Listening to “Badlands” you can feel Cage The God’s young energy pour out of the speakers. It’s genuine classic rock updated to modern times with a slick production and mix.
Recommended.
01 – Favourite Sin
02 – The Ending
03 – Sacrifice
04 – Badlands
05 – Trouble Reigns
06 – Bruce Willis
07 – Falling
08 – A Thousand Times
09 – One More Taste
10 – What’s Left of Me
11 – Promises
12 – From the Start
Peter Comerford – vocals
James “Jam” Moncur – guitar, backing vocals
Mitch Witham – bass, backing vocals
Colin Jones – drums
Pre-Order:
www.amazon.co.uk/Badlands-Cage-Gods/dp/B00I4F0IAA
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