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Ross The Boss - By Blood Sworn

Published April 15 2018


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=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.
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Guitar
Label AFM Records
Mike LePond
Bass
Release April 20, 2017
Lance Barnewold
Drums
Country USA
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Keyboard
Producer Dean Rispler
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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

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Summary



3 chalices of 10 - Tommy


Related links:

www.ross-the-boss.com
www.facebook.com/rossthebossofficial