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BLITZ
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Blitz are a three piece band from the Nottingham area, consisting of guitarist Kevin Simpson, vocalist/bassist Stuart Corden and drummer Mathew Davis, who also provides backing vocals. This release, the band's first, is a self-produced seven track EP. The short first track, 'Welcome To The Rock Show', serves as a broad introduction as to what the listener can expect from the majority of the other tracks, being up tempo and high energy 'good time' rock with plenty of melody and hooks.

Of the tracks in this style, probably the stand out ones are 'Falling Down', which is extremely catchy and has a riff in the end section that’s reminiscent of ‘Pyromania’-era Def Leppard; 'Another World Away' in which the vocals are very evocative of David Lee Roth in early Van Halen; and 'Drive', which has an Offspring style intro and a riff that has a faint ring of 'Children Of The Grave' to it (at least to my ears).

For me, though, the standout track is 'Journey Of A Thousand Souls', the longest on the EP and with a more measured tempo, a more serious tone and an epic feel. It is meant as a compliment to the band that the song has a Maiden-esque feel to it, especially regarding the guitar sound. Overall, this is a very impressive and promising debut from Blitz, especially given that it was self-produced, and I await with interest further releases from them.
LABEL:
FORMAT:
Self-released
EP
BLITZ
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Review by Dave Uphill
RUNNING TIME:
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RELEASE DATE:
27th May 2016
TRACK LISTING
1) Welcome to the Rock Show
2) Falling Down
3) Bad Side of Love
4) Born to Rock!
5) Another World Away
6) Journey of a Thousand Souls
7) Drive
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
UK
"...up tempo and high energy 'good time' rock with plenty of melody and hooks."
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