ARTIST: GOREFIELD
ALBUM: AS DAWN BLEEDS THE SKY (2013)
TRACKS:
WHEN YOU FIRST SET EYES ON GOREFIELDS ALBUM COVER ARTWORK AND SLEEVE THERES A FEELING THAT THERES GONNA BE A WALL TO WALL MOSHING GOOD TIME, AND YOU DON’T GET ANYTHING LESS FROM THESE SUNSHINE COAST (QLD) LADS. THE ART WORK PAINTED BY ANDREI BOUZIKOV WHO HAS PENNED COVERS FOR SUCH BANDS AS SKELETONWITCH AND MUNICIPLE WASTE FEATURES A METALLER RIDING UPON A FIREBREATHING DRAGON DESTROYING AN UNSUSPECTING TOWNSHIP, BEAUTIFUL!
GOREFIELD MEMBERS KURT TICKLE (VOCALS/GUITAR AND PIANO/SYNTH), BJ (BASS /BACKING VOCALS) AND DANYN ANDREWS HITTING THE SKINS PULL OF A MASTER CLASS IN GOOD OLD FASHION METAL THAT HAS HINTS OF BRITISH INFLUENCE WITH THERE MAIDEN LIKE RIFFS AND DUALING VOCALS THAT BLEND IN PERFECTLY, THOUGH THE CHUGGING GUITAR WORK GIVES THESE GUYS A HARDER EDGE ALONG WITH TEMPO CHANGES LIKE IN THE TITLE SONG “AS DAWN BLEEDS THE SKY” WHICH STARTS OFF WITH AN ACOUSTIC SETTING THEN BLASTS INTO A FULLY FLEDGED CIRCLE PIT.
FIRST COMING ONTO THE SCENE AFTER WINNING A BATTLE OF THE BANDS IN COOLUM, THEY HAVE HAD QUITE THE ROCKET UNDER THEM, SUPPORTING ACTS SUCH AS EPICA AS WELL AS NATIONAL AIRPLAY ON TRIPLE Js “THE RACKET”, AND A SPOT ON THE COMPILATION “THE EUPHONY FUSHION” WITH THE SONG “LOVE THY ENEMY” WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED AT THE SLAYER, ANTHRAX GIGS AMONGST OTHERS.
THIS ALBUM HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS IN A OUTFIT YOU NEED WITHOUT GOING OVER BOARD WITH OVER THE TOP THEMES AND OVER PRODUCTION, THIS IS STRAIGHT ASSED DOWN THE MIDDLE HEAVY METAL THAT BLASTS ITS WAY THROUGH 7 SONGS OF DENIM, LEATHER AND SPIKES THAT WOULD GO DOWN WELL WITH A KEG, GOOD COMPANY AND A BBQ IN A GARAGE PLASTERED IN MAIDEN, ANTHRAX AND VENOM POSTERS. THIS GOREFIELDS RELEASE IS MAN MADE FOR A GOOD MOSH AND A SWEATY TIME, AND IM SURE IT WONT DISAPPOINT FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THERE METAL ORIGINAL AND REALLY HOW THIS STYLE SHOULD BE PLAYED, STRAIGHT SHOOTING!
-- Hayden G.M.
