Metal Power!
-- Martyr --
19/11/2020
Stijn Daneels
Album genres:
| ■ | heavy metal |
| ■ | Speed metal |
| ■ | Power metal |
Album artists:
| ■ | Rick Bouwman | Guitar |
| ■ | Robert van Haren | Vocals |
| ■ | Geoffrey Maas | Guitar |
| ■ | Vinnie Wassink | Bass |
| ■ | Rick Valcon | Drums |
Review
written by Stijn "Metal Shredder" Daneels.
[METAL SHREDDER REPORTING]
I was passively
aware of Dutch heavy metal pioneers Martyr for some time but it was only since
Summer 2019 that I got to know this veteran band for real when guitarist and
founding member Rick Bouwman personally contacted me to check out his band’s freshly
release live album “Live In Japan” and in promotion for that release he requested
me to shred him (read that interview here: http://belgianmetalshredder.be/interviews/120).
Ever since, Rick and I kept in touch with each other and now he has sent me “Raise
Your Horns, Unite!” The third single of the upcoming Martyr album. Let’s shred
this one quickly and efficiently!
[SHREDDING BASICS]
“Raise Your
Horns, Unite!” is the third single of Martyr’s upcoming sixth studio album and
is powered by PT-78 Records & Rock Stakk Records. Compared to Martyr’s earlier
singles, “Fire Of Rebellions” and “No Time For Goodbyes,” “Raise Your Horns
Unite” is a faster and more anthem-like tune, just like the single’s title suggests.
The single
begins with piano and a girl’s creepy whispering voice as the single gradually
transitions to Martyr’s usual soaring riffs which combine epic power metal melodies
with pounding speed metal beats and operatic vocals until the song ends with
the same moody piano as it had begun. If you know Martyr’s metal style, then
this band’s new tune will instantly sound and feel familiar. And good too.
[SHREDDING VISION]
Nothing
more and nothing less than a metal anthem to encourage you to look after your headbanging
brothers and sisters as we fight our way through the current pandemic. The
single represents the people of the metal scene with typical metaphors like being
the demons in the dark, the fire in the sky, the riders in the storm. It’s a
cheesy theme, but still awesome nevertheless!
[SHREDDER’S SCORECARD]
8 horns out
of 10. A rock-solid speed and power metal anthem which features Martyr’s usual
traits of power infused riffs and speedy beats narrated by the usual commanding
vocals. Check it out below!