Ross The Boss - By Blood Sworn

Published April 15 2018

*=Staff's pick	By Blood Sworn* Among The Bones This Is Vengeance* We Are The Night Faith Of The Fallen Devil's Day Lilith Play Among The Godz Circle Of Damnation Fistful Of Hate

Genre	Heavy Metal	Marc Lopez	Vocals
Tracks	10	Ross Friedman	Guitar
Running time	46 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Mike LePond	Bass
Release	April 20, 2017	Lance Barnewold	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	Dean Rispler
Similar bands	---

Ross Friedman (ex-Manowar, Death Dealer, The Dictators) may be a renowned and skilled guitarist but if this is what he manages to come up with in the song writing area, he still has a lot to work on. This album alternates between classic muscle metal and plain rock with punk fragments and it's a mix that does not work well in this particular case, and with very, very few carrying elements such as hooks and refrains it gives an amateurish and boring impression.

There are the occasional highlight to be found here in terms of a riff or a verse but they are very scarce and when the whole foundation is built on second and third class riffs and arrangements, it all falls totally flat. A combination of worn out riffs with no edges, weak vocals and boring or even plain bad choruses don't make many people especially happy.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	5	3

Summary
3 chalices of 10 - Tommy