{"id":15852,"date":"2016-04-15T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=15852"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:50:13","slug":"album-review-striker-stand-in-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=15852","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Striker – Stand in the Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Striker – Stand in the Fire<\/strong>
\n Release Date:<\/strong> February 5th, 2016
\nLabel<\/strong>: Independent Release<\/p>\n

Canadian NWOTHM kings Striker are back and this time around they have brought with them one of the most exciting metal albums of that I have heard in quite some time.\u00a0 For some reason, the band’s previous albums were enjoyable to me but just didn’t seem to make much of an impact but once “Phoenix Lights” kicked in, I suddenly felt floored, moved, and I just wanted to see myself up against a stage headbanging until I got a ravaging neckache.\u00a0 Just when I thought that this album couldn’t get any more kick ass, here comes “Out for Blood” with a sax solo.\u00a0 Yes, a fucking sax solo?\u00a0 Wuhhht?<\/p>\n

Pulling from some really versatile and deep rooted early metal influences such as Def Leppard (when they had 10 arms and still kicked ass), Diamond Head, and Saxon just to name a few, Stand in the Fire is a sonically exciting album to listen to that never gets old.\u00a0 What I love the most about this album is that it is virtually impossible to pinpoint any one band that Striker sounds like or is emulating.\u00a0 Striker has managed to take so many elements of the classic 80’s metal honor roll and combine them into one big ass goulash of their own creating a sound that is all their own.<\/p>\n