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Band
Art of Shock
Title
Open the Cage
Type
LP/EP
Company
Independent
YOR
2014
Style
Hard Rock
6/27/2014 10:42:59 AM - Review by: Eric Compton
This EP is the follow-up to the band's 2012 debut Live Forever. The California youngsters display an appreciable amount of melody and riffs through their rendition of the Sunset Strip sound. The nimble pace should please fans of traditional metal also, solidified by the loose production from Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson, Judas Priest). Art of Shock helps lead the way for the influx of old school bands emerging from the west like Diamond Lane and White Wizzard.
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Open the Cage
2014
Independent
Eric Compton6/27/2014
3.5

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