{"id":76874,"date":"2019-03-06T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=76874"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:24:53","slug":"review-the-raven-age-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-the-raven-age-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Raven Age – Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheIt feels like The Raven Age<\/b> have been around for ages but have rarely made waves that are all that significant. It doesn\u2019t help that the similarly-named RavenEye fill a similar hard rock niche, but for a band who shared stages with acts as revered as Iron Maiden and Anthrax – not to mention featuring George Harris, son of Maiden bassist Steve Harris amongst their ranks – their reach hasn\u2019t gone as far as it possibly could.<\/p>\n

Granted, that alone might be what\u2019s putting people off, especially given that nepotism in rock has historically never turned out well in the long term. It\u2019s a shame if that\u2019s the case though, as The Raven Age<\/b> are definitely decent on \u2019Conspiracy\u2019<\/i>, and as far as no-frills metal goes, they get the job done. There\u2019s definitely more of an edge here than a lot of their contemporaries with actually decent crunch in the guitars. While on tracks such as \u2019Fleur de Lis\u2019<\/i> and \u2019The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships\u2019<\/i>, they draw on various aspects of mythology, which is definitely a novel touch.<\/p>\n