{"id":25663,"date":"2013-12-12T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T11:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-wicked-snakes-lead-me-to-the-sun\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:29:40","slug":"album-review-wicked-snakes-lead-me-to-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-wicked-snakes-lead-me-to-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Wicked Snakes &#8211; Lead Me to the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/tumblr_inline_mx97mkoVcQ1qheirv.jpg\" title=\"\">Taking a firm grasp on a psychedelic mix of heavy metal, rock, sludge and subtle progressive elements, <strong>Wicked Snakes&rsquo;<\/strong> first EP is nothing short of sensational in its delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Only forming this year, the quartet have seamlessly been hard at work with creating a blissfully fun, sun drenched effort that spans 7 tracks in the vein of Cancer bats or an angrier Baroness.<\/p>\n<p>The album starts with<em> \u2018A Ceremony\u2019 <\/em>easing a tender bluesy introduction that explodes into a straight forward beat, which is bruising to say the lease. The chorus has these galloping guitars, which have a reminiscing western feel to them. These completely change the direction of the song without making it seem contrived but keeps the energy going too.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Death Notes\u2019<\/em><span> has this recurring doomy strung out riff, which is beyond worthy of a good headbang. Mixed in around the half way point is an epic solo Zakk Wylde would be proud busting out himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Title track <em>\u2018Lead Me To The Sun\u2019<\/em> guitar tone sounds like it was lifted straight from one of Mastodons more recent albums with its earthy clean twang. Continuing with this of one of the friendlier tracks on <em>\u2018Lead Me To The Sun\u2019<\/em> that has a progressive groove lightly carved into it.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing off this EP is 7-minute leviathan <em>\u2018Choirs\u2019 <\/em>that has the most substantial progressive use. Going from mammoth drawn out chords and striking drums to quiet more mellow moments, this outro track is a perfect closer to the more animated tracks previous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wicked Snakes<\/strong> have created a formidable EP, which for a first release is an achievement. Combining well-written songs with incredibly catchy song structures, infectious riffs and a sordid vibe <em>\u2018Lead Me To The Sun\u2019<\/em> has earned itself a place in one of this reviewer\u2019s favourite EP\u2019s this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.5\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&lsquo;Lead Me To The Sun&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>Wicked Snakes<\/strong> is out now on <strong>A Wolf At Your Door<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wicked Snakes <\/strong>links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wickedsnakesuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WICKEDSNAKESUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Grant Fullick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a firm grasp on a psychedelic mix of heavy metal, rock, sludge and subtle progressive elements, Wicked Snakes&rsquo; first EP is nothing short of sensational in its delivery. 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