KATANA - Heads Will Roll
Submitted by EveryFairyDies on Sun, 17/04/2011 - 2:32pm
Are you sick and tired of modern metal? Do you long for a time when lyrics were all about having fun, when guitar riffs were fast, and solos wept for five minutes? Well, Katana has heard your prayers, and offer up their latest album, Heads Will Roll, as a humble return to simpler metal times.
After having listened to this album several times, I’m going to have to claim ‘Heart In Tokyo’ as my favorite track. It’s one of those catchy tunes that get stuck in your head, but you don’t mind so much because it’s fun to listen to and sing along with. I only wish it was a little longer than 3 minutes and 36 seconds.
For pure metal epic-ness that will have all old-school fans won over, I recommend the final track, ‘Quest For Hades’. It’s the tale of a girl “who would die the most gruesome death”, in order to bring back the soul of a boy who died in her arms. To find out how it ends, you’ll just have to listen to the song.
The entire album is perfectly sculpted, but without sounding overly produced. This is classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal-inspired metal, coming from a group of incredibly talented Swedish metal-heads who know their shit. What separates Katana is that it’s classic metal but with good-quality production values. So while the music will magically transport back to your early metal years, the quality will remind you that you’re listening to a 21st century heavy metal band.
So, if your Iron Maiden and Judas Priest albums have become scratched and worn paper-thin from years, possibly decades, of obsessive listening, then Katana is the band, and Heads Will Roll the album, for you.
Album: Heads Will Roll
Year: 2011
Track List:
- Livin' Without Fear
- Blade of Katana
- Phoenix on Fire
- Neverending World
- Heart of Tokyo
- Asia in Sight
- Across the Stars
- Rebel Ride
- Quest for Hades
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