Iron Griffin

Iron Griffin

Curse of the Sky

Label: Gates of Hell Records

Release date: 22.03.2019

It is very difficult not celebrate everything that Iron Griffin stands for. Integrity in the music is of the utmost importance to them. They don’t want computers to play and perfect the music for them. Some metal fans, who are some nitpicky people, would see in Iron Griffin something to support: honesty, and a band playing music as organic as they can in 2019, waging the perilous fight against the Milli Vanilli values of overzealous studio magic. The musicianship is good and the singing features cool, traditional rock singing as associated with 1970s early heavy metal and hard rock. The vocals are very appealing for fans of the raucous Robert Plant-Janis Joplin type of wild singing that captured the imagination of the masses. The thing is, this is the debut album, and there was only a 2017 EP before this. We can safely assume that the singing is only going to get better in the future and one can look forward to hearing how the singing sounds years from now.

The bass guitar is audible as a rumble that is present throughout. The drums could stand to be clearer and crispier, but they sound very real (Are they?). The guitar does fine work here, but it is also generous because it allows room for the bass and drums to be heard. Would you believe that this is just two people: Oskari the drummer from the well-received Mausoleum Gate is apparently a talented person and can play bass and guitar, too. The vocals are the responsibility of Maija, about whom Metal Archives provides very little information. Anyway, the Finns have locked on to the magic time machine. Why don’t you come with them, little friend, on a magic carpet ride?

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