Sunday, January 4, 2009

Saviours - Crucifire

Saviours
Crucifire
Level Plane




These East Bay menaces sound a lot like The Sword. A lot. Call it futurist/prog/retro-metal or whatever but, seriously, Age of Winters and Crucifire sound damn near identical. It's not plagerism. Both bands formed, gigged, and recorded around the same time. I think it's a happy accident that benefits the listener.

The differences between the two records have nothing to do with music. Saviours features ex-Yaphet Kotto members and their lyrics are anti-Christian/occult in nature. The Sword have a reputation for being false hipsters (not true), so I guess that makes Saviours more kvlt, but who cares? You'll dig Crucifire if you're into the current retro bands like The Sword, Early Man or Priestess.

Saviours - Crucifire




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2 comments:

TONA said...

I love Crucifire.That being said, i have to say that i dont see such
similarity with The Sword, if any, and im not saying that becouse i hate The Sword or any of that crap...
Crucifire has a great Punk/Trash
vibe and sounds very real, thats whats very appealing to me, vocals are almost spoken word, no bullshit,and drums are sounding colossal! On the other hand, i dont like Into Abbadon whatsoever, hope their next release is more like Crucifire.

TONA said...

And a small update :)
I ve heard a new song posted on thier MySpace, its pretty much in the vein of Crucifire, so im kinda optimistic.