Fires Of Babylon - Fires Of Babylon

Published April 13 2008

*=Staff's pick	Falling To Pieces* Devilution When The Kingdom Comes Lake Of Fire Holy Resurrection Going Through Changes* Lazarus Rising Revolution Coming Generation Of Destruction Castles Are Burning

Genre	Heavy Metal	Rob Rock	Vocals
Tracks	10	Lou St. Paul	Guitar
Runningtime	48 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Metal Heaven	Kelly Conlon	Bass
Release	25 April 2008	Bob Falzano	Drums
Country	USA	Lou St. Paul	Keyboard
Similar artists	Rob Rock, Winters Bane, Iced Earth

Fires Of Babylon is on paper a dream come true for every fan of classic U.S. Metal! With a line-up such as Rob Rock (Rob Rock, ex-Impellitteri etc.), Lou St. Paul (Winters Bane), Kelly Conlon (ex-Death etc.) and Bob Falzano (Shatter Messiah) the expectations on this disc takes a giant leap to the sky. The band was put together when the record label asked Lou St. Paul to record a classic riff based heavy metal album with handpicked musicians. At least he did a great job finding the right persons for the job…

However, I'm sad to say that the album is a huge disappointment. Fires Of Bablyon sound quite as expected but I really wonder how these poor songs made it all the way to be a high priority release. This is nothing but a never ending stream of uninspired riffs, boring melodies and an awful production. Rob Rock is normally a great singer but the lousy compositions have affected his voice in a bad way. I'm also sick of his reusing of the same lyrics over and over. I usually have nothing against the displaying of religious beliefs in the lyrical themes but I have heard phrases like "Lord of lords, king of kings" etc. a thousand times by now. How about a bit variation in that area?

Falling To Pieces and Going Through Changes are the only songs on this album that catches my interest in some way. Otherwise I had to force myself not to push the skip button when listening. Fires Of Babylon is nothing but a big disappointment and this effort should have stayed as a great idea until much better songs were written.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	4	4	5	3

Summary
3,5 chalices of 10 - Hawk