Dead
City Ruins’ debut album, ‘Midnight Killer’ is set for UK release on the 23rd of
July this year, formed through their intense inspirations from Alice in Chains and Black Sabbath. The Anglo-Aussie band is acutely famed for lively shows
with high-voltage sets, as well as their blend of classic rock ‘n’ roll
elements, grunge, heavy metal and some punk components. Formed in London in
2007, Dead City Ruins, released
their debut EP ‘Lost in London’ and
settled in Melbourne in 2010 purely independently.
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With its Pop
Punk and classic rock vibe, ‘Where You
Gonna Run’ is as hard-hitting and rhythmic as the Foo Fighters and really hits the ground running. However, vocals and
lyrics are as limp as a bad Lostprophets’
track, and fail to be uplifted, even by a monstrous guitar solo. Dead City Ruins have admirably intermingled
various genres and styles to create an effect sound, which is runs clearly
through ‘Damn My Eyes’ and ‘My Lay Massacre’. Yet as the album
continues, it is difficult to avoid the tarnishing sense of repetition from
song to song.
The organic sense of ‘Midnight Killer’ (which doesn’t sound as dark as it reads),
enhances the band’s unique flair, but their undeveloped and tedious lyric
really let them down once more; ‘…give me an inch baby; you know I’ll take a
mile!’ ‘Blues’ begins with stunning
guitar strumming and illustrates Dead
City Ruins’ softer side, with the genre of blues being the backbone of the
track. However, this gentle bravado does not bode well with the lairy, terribly
under-produced ‘Go to War’. Concluding
tracks ‘Highway Girl’ and ‘Fallen’ continue in an awfully average
manner, with good instrumentation but dire songwriting and a severe lack of
enthusiasm.
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| Dead City Ruins |
Despite some wondrous guitar
solos and a fantastically husky vocal sound, Dead City Ruins have disallowed notable potential progress in the
industry with lack-lustre lyrics and samey song structures.
2/5
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