Coming with great and atmospheric cover artwork “ Phantom Fury” is a must for each fan of traditional and heavy music. No details are buried in the mix and also the bass is fully audible. The mix is clear and transparent without sacrificing the organic feel that is needed for that kind of music. He delivers the refrains in great fashion and while not each chorus is a 100 % winner most of them will stick with the listener after the first listen. His soaring voice helps ramping up the intensity level but he also shows a broad enough range for slower and smoother parts compared to the fast-forward pieces dominating on “ Phantom Fury”. Singer Jürgen has a perfectly suited style for that kind of music. Certain sections are highlighted by faster fills and double kicks while other parts ask for a more laid-back approach. The drumming is on point and while the rhythm section is mostly focused on building a great foundation for guitarist Ingo there are moments where both drummer and bassist get their chance to shine. Of course there are solo parts to be found as well but those are never overdone hurting the flow of the music. The rhythm and the lead guitars are perfectly harmonized offering a perfect blend of straight rocking grooves and some clever placed melodic elements. Crystal eyes hold the power to bring back the Phantom Beasts, a notorious force in the Beast Wars. The riffs are sharp and perfectly executed and some of the chord progressions are of such an uplifting and rocking nature that one cannot help but bang the head while listening to the music. To round things off they throw a few power metal harmonies and even some hard rock attitudes into the mix keeping things fresh and diversified over the whole playing time. Some might scream “copycats” but Headless Beast put the best pieces of that style back together in such a great and energetic manner that most fans of traditional metal will not care about that argument. These guys are not interested in reinventing the wheel but have instead delivered a great slab of classic and highly addictive metal.ĭeeply rooted in NWOBHM they take some of the best elements that made their better known peers famous a few decades ago. Headless Beast are a German band playing an uplifting branch of traditional metal and this is their second full length album following “Forced to Kill” from 2011. Just by looking at the cover and the song titles one can get a pretty accurate feeling about which kind of music to expect once “ Phantom Fury” has started to play.
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