Sister Sin have released a video for their track “Desert Queen.”
The song is taken from the Swedes’ most recent album, Black Lotus, released last October and given an 8/10 review here at Skin Back Alley.
“Anthemic, rebellious and monumentally well executed, Black Lotus is likely to have you chanting along to its super-sized choruses, air-guitar arms flailing for all they’re worth, for some considerable time to come,” we said.
Check out the video for “Desert Queen” – directed by 11Frames – below and decide for yourself!
Artist: Sister Sin Album: Black Lotus Our Verdict: 8/10 Release date: Out now Find it at:Victory Records Review by: Graeme Blackwell
“Anethmic, rebellious and monumentally well executed… you’ll be chanting along for some considerable time to come.”
Sometimes you want a hard rock record that defies the laws of physics; a record that features balls-to-the-wall riffing traveling faster than the speed of light; a record with songs so full of metal intent that they could break free from a black hole; a record ripping your ears from your head with such a full throated roar, you’re left wondering how it is that a person can exist made of just heart and lungs.
If that’s the record you’re searching for, look no further than Sister Sin’s new album, Black Lotus.
The Swedes fifth studio LP sees the band refining their sound, moving away from the glam-tinged rock that featured on their previous efforts, and cementing themselves firmly in the world of the kind of hard rock and metal that owes a debt to the likes of Skid Row.
Gravity defying slabs of melody, scuzzy rock riffs and a healthy dose of gang chant vocals are the order of the day across these 9 tracks and 37 minutes. “Food For Worms” sets out Sister Sin’s stall, with a tension-building intro breaking in to a thundering riff and rhythm section over which Liv Jagrell delivers a scorching vocal snarl. First single “Chaos Royale” follows, all snotty rebellion and heavy laden with an unseemly amount of hooks.
Later in the album “The Jinx” offers a welcome change of pace in it’s dazzling balladry. The song offers Jagrell the chance to flex her more nuanced vocal muscles and shows off a different side to the work of guitarist Jimmy Hiltula. But the chance to catch your breath doesn’t last long. Before you know it that guttural Gothenberg growl comes to the fore again and sprints for the line through “Ruled By None” and “Sail North.”
Five albums in, then, Sister Sin’s ability to deliver the heavy metal goods shows no sign of abating. Anthemic, rebellious and monumentally well executed, Black Lotus is likely to have you chanting along to its super-sized choruses, air-guitar arms flailing for all they’re worth, for some considerable time to come.
Find out more about Sister Sin at their official website You can watch Sister Sin’s video for single “Chaos Royale” below:
Here are the new and notable music releases for this week, 27th October 2014:
Black Lotus, Sister Sin
Black Veil Brides, Black Veil Brides Walking On A Flashlight, Lunatic Soul Inked In Blood, Obituary Vervain, Liv Kristine Best, Roger Taylor The Wreckage Of Stars, Black Crown Initiate IV (Remastered Edition), Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (Remastered Edition), Led Zeppelin Tell ‘Em I’m Gone, Yusuf Honor Is All We Know, Rancid Unleash The Fire (Ltd Edition), Riot Z2, Devin Townsend Project Curse Of Love, The Coral No Mercy – Widespread Bloodshead, Suicidal Tendencies Into The Slaughter, Blindeath Peepshow (Remastered Edition), Siouxsie & The Banshees Live At The Barbican (Expanded Edition), These New Puritans Love Gun (Deluxe Edition), Kiss Super Critical, The Ting Tings Planet Satan, Mysticum The Enemy Within, Mindwars At War With Reality, At The Gates Earthborn Evolution, Beyond Creation Obsolescence, Abysmal Dawn The Science Of Things (Remastered Edition), Bush The Complete Studio Albums (Box Set), Creedence Clearwater Revival Blood I Bled, The Staves KaLIVEascope, Transatlantic Desideratum, Anaal Nathrakh Taking On The World (25th Anniversary Edition), Gun Memoria Vetusta Iii Saturnian Poetry, Blut Aus Nord
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