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Band
Cauldron
Title
New Gods
Type
LP/EP
Company
The End
YOR
2018
Style
Traditional
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9/19/2018 - Review by: David Loveless
Retro-heavy metal act falls flat on fifth full-length
Canada's traditional heavy metal trio, Cauldron, absolutely blew me away with their first two albums. 2009's 'Chained To The Nite' and 2011's 'Burning Fortune' were heavy metal gold and sounded like they could have been written and recorded in the mid-80's. From that point on, I was an instant fan, a "first day buyer", and eagerly waited for future releases. However, the music that followed just didn't live up to the first two albums. The next few albums, 2012's 'Tomorrow's Lost', and 2016's 'In Ruin', felt like something was missing. They still had that classic 80's sound, which I really enjoy, but the aggressiveness was gone, and I just couldn't adapt to that change from this band.

That brings us to 2018, and the release of their fifth full-length album, 'New Gods'. Unfortunately, aside for a few good tracks such as "Never Be Found" and "Last Request", there really isn't anything that memorable here. I really miss the chunky, heavy riffs of the first few albums and hope they return to that form some day. It almost seems as if they are running out of ideas and are trying too hard to sound retro. Unfortunately on 'New Gods', it doesn't work out too well, at least to these ears. The good news is, this band is full of talent and I have faith that they will deliver another great album one day, but the band new is, this is not the day.

Recommended for fans of: NWOAHM, NWOBHM
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
2.5
MUSIC
2.5
VOCALS
2
PRODUCTION
3.5
ARTWORK
1
LYRICS
2


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    2.5 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: CAULDRON
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Burning Fortune
2011
Earache
Eric Compton5/13/2011
4.5
Chained To The Nite
2009
Earache
Eric Compton4/2/2010
4.5
Chained To The Nite
2009
Earache
Vinaya Saksena8/28/2009
3
In Ruin
2016
The End
Eric Compton5/31/2016
3
New Gods
2018
The End
David Loveless9/19/2018
2.5
Tomorrow's Lost
2012
Earache
Eric Compton1/1/2014
3

ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: CAULDRON
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