Review: 15 Times Dead “Metasultra” (2012)

Reviewed by David Pearce

Artist: 15 Times Dead
Album: Metasultra
Label: Casket Records
Release Date: 29th October 2012

Track Listing

1. Bullethead
2. Sleep
3. Girth Giver
4. Deception
5. Through These Eyes
6. Dying
7. Rape Of A Nation
8. Pray
9. Down
10. Driven Hate
11. No Friend Of Mine

15 Times Dead originally formed as a 5 piece in 2004 and quickly cemented their place as one of the must see bands of the Glasgow metal scene. They’ve taken influences from some of the major rock and metal bands of the past thirty years to create their own sound and style, with brain pummelling riffs so heavy and chunky that their fans proudly label it Girth Metal. March 2012 saw another change with the departure from the band of Scotti with Dan Dean, former band mate of Wullie’s during their time in Stitch, coming in to take on guitar duties and vocals. October 2012 finally sees the release of their debut album, Metasultra, through Casket Records.

The album starts off with the opening song called Bullethead the song starts off with a quality heavy guitar riff then the vocals come in they are a quite quick tempo but fits well with the riff which continues through the whole song. About halfway through it has a quality guitar solo and near the end this song is a great start to the album. The Second and Third songs are Sleep and Girth Giver the song Sleep is a slower tempo to the First song but never the less still a top quality song full of good riffs, vocals & pounding drums near the end of the song the tempo quickens up. The song Girth Giver starts off with a good strong guitar riff that soon bursts into another rip roaring riff then the vocals come in strong as ever and it gets my head banging straight away. It is a good strong song full of good riffs, clean quality vocals and god drumbeats. The Fourth song is Deception goes straight for the jugular with a good heavy riff at the start then the vocals come in strong as ever. The guitar work on this is brilliant and the drums keeping the beat is done to perfection. The Fifth and Sixth songs are Through These Eyes and Dying these songs are again full of good quality vocals, rip roaring riffs and pounding drumbeats it also has some stunning little solos as well just cementing how good this band are. The song Dying is a slow tempo song at the start in which picks up pace then breaks into a stunning little solo. Then the pace slows again it just shows how versatile this band is that they can pull out a song like this halfway through the album just quality. The Seventh song is Rape Of A Nation starts of with the guitar riff then a second guitar joins in the riff together making the riff a lot stronger then it breaks into a galloping style riff in which the vocals come in over the top. I really like how they have done this song it bring back the good old fashion style of metal back into it Just great. The Eighth and Ninth songs are Pray and Down the first song of the Two Pray has some really brilliant guitar work in along with the vocals and pounding drumbeats. Down has some quality twin guitar work in I really like the way the guitars are sounding in this song. The song itself is good to the ear and it is really well done. The Tenth on the album is Driven Hate starts off with a good strong guitar riff which gets my nodding instantly full of good strong heavy guitars then in the middle a good strong bass solo which you don’t hear very often nowadays which makes a difference. Then the song’s tempo jumps into another gear before slowing down near the end of the song for a few bars. Then the tempo rises again to finish the song off just brilliant. The Eleventh and last song on the album is No Friend Of Mine starts off with a galloping riff with the drums alongside it a great start I must say. This song is just what you need from the last song on the album you don’t want a song to wither and die at the end of an album. But I am glad to say song does not fall in that category it is a great song to end the album. The riffs in this are just quality and the solo’s just take my breath away they are that good, the vocals is just brilliant. The song near the end fades away then it comes back to finish the song it was a different way to end the album but it went well.

Overall

It was a good solid début album full of good vocals, heavy riffs and stunning solos along with the pounding drums from the guys if they can keep it up I can see them going quite along way in the business.

7 /10