Full Devil Jacket - Valley Of Bones

Published May 07 2015

*=Staff's pick	Killers* Valley Of Bones* 7 X Down The Moment We Got The Love What If I Say Blood Of The Innocent* Picturebox Voodoo Paper Crown* August Time In The Flames

Genre	Alternative Metal/Hard Rock	Josh Brown	Vocals
Tracks	11	Paul Varnick	Guitar
Running time	44 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Steamhammer/SPV	Moose Douglass	Bass
Release	May 08, 2015	Keith Foster	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	Justin Rimer
Similar artists	---

With a motley past and literally many trips on and off, vocalist Josh Brown and drummer Keith Foster have decided to revive Full Devil Jacket again after being kind of on an undefined hiatus since over a decade. The group originally released one EP and one full length record in 1999 and 2000 respectively and although the band kept going for a few years in different formations, they eventually went separate ways and didn't announce their reformation until earlier this year.

This new record shows mainly modern hard rock in a mixture with alternative metal and even though this piece of music doesn't come out as anything close to groundbreaking, many of the tracks are certainly good enough to capture my attention. A few songs and particularly the opener Killers are indeed really awesome and that primarily also goes to the ones with the laser sharp lead guitar play that's delivering cool, yet kind of simple, melodies.

Although most of the material, due to the total production I must say, ends up in a fixed type of music, it's still a pretty diverse effort if you look at it song by song. It includes occasional heavy riffing and a large number of great hooks who contribute to pretty much an overall captivating performance. I don't think that all songs come out with a striking and killing capacity, but in the end Valley Of Bones is a valid and solid record.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	7	7

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Tobbe