{"id":33144,"date":"2012-08-28T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fozzy-sin-and-bones\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:27:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:27:19","slug":"album-review-fozzy-sin-and-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fozzy-sin-and-bones\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Fozzy &#8211; Sin And Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sinandbones1.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">I\u2019ve always avoided <strong>Fozzy <\/strong>based on the assumption that as the side-project of WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, it would be an ego trip of epic proportions. This is often the case with wrestler\u2019s side projects (The \u201cacting\u201d of Stone Cold Steve Austin in recent movie The Condemned \u00a0has ruined many a fond childhood memory) and I didn\u2019t see what would be much different with Fozzy and their new album <em>\u2018Sin And Bones.\u2019<\/em> However it must be noted that Fozzy\u00a0have paid their dues in the metal scene and have some genuine achievements to be proud of; playing with \u201cThe Big 4\u201d at Sonisphere is no mean feat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The bizarre opening didn\u2019t do much to appease my scepticism however as children\u2019s nursery rhyme <em>\u2018Itsy Bitsy Spider\u2019<\/em> is given a genuinely horrifying but not for the intended reason, prog-metal twist before the opening track <em>\u2018Spider In My Mouth.\u2019<\/em> This track is not, as you may suspect, a re-working of<em> \u2018I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly\u2019<\/em> but a powerful and compelling hard rock romp with somewhat weak lyrics.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Next is <em>\u2018Sandpaper,\u2019<\/em> the lead track and \u201chit\u201d of the record which features M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold fame. It\u2019s pretty catchy in places and there is definitely an appeal to the raspy vocals of Chris Jericho and the thrash-influenced guitar of Rich Ward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>\u2018Blood Happens\u2019<\/em> is a heavier, thrash-like track with a screamed chorus. The song almost sounds like Metallica, albeit a second rate Metallica that might exist if James Hetfield had taken too many chair shots. <em>\u2018Inside My Head\u2019<\/em> also channels the spirit of a brain-dead Metallica at their most melodic and as such is more of a heavy ballad in the style of \u2018Nothing Else Matters.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The rest of the album is characterised by a mostly unremarkable copy-and-paste affair of the first half; soaring hard rock bravado mixed with more tender yet somehow still macho moments of balladry. It\u2019s uninspired and formulaic stuff but generally listenable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This isn\u2019t the most intelligent music in the world, especially lyrically, but there is some merit in the hard rock sounds that Fozzy pedal. You\u2019ve also got to give credit to Chris Jericho for being able to make music based on the amount of times he\u2019s been dropped on his head over his career. This is a decent little hard rock album with hints of thrash about it and will undoubtedly entertain fans of the genre. It\u2019s harder-hitting than a superplex and more brutal than The Walls of Jericho, but no classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">2.5\/5<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>&lsquo;Sin And Bones&rsquo;<\/em> by<strong> Fozzy<\/strong> is out now on Century Media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Fozzy<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fozzyrock.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FozzyRock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Words by Tom White (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whiteywitters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@whiteywitters<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always avoided Fozzy based on the assumption that as the side-project of WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, it would be an ego trip of epic proportions. 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