{"id":18237,"date":"2019-02-18T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18237"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:48:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:48:23","slug":"album-review-rival-sons-feral-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18237","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Rival Sons &#8211; Feral Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rival Sons \u2013 Feral Roots<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Release Date: January, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I first heard <strong>Rival Sons<\/strong> back in 2011, their album <em>Pressure and Time<\/em> was such a refreshing thing to hear. At this time I was inundated with heavy metal music and then all of the sudden, out of nowhere, comes this band playing this nasty, \u201870s tinged classic rock and roll. As a matter of fact, I didn\u2019t know better I would\u2019ve thought they were straight out of the \u201870s. Because of this album, Rival Sons became a band that I would keep a close eye on.<\/p>\n<p>2012\u2019s Head Down was a fantastic follow up spawning two of the greatest Rival Sons songs ever with \u201cManifest Destiny Pt 1 &amp; 2.\u201d Unfortunately the next two albums (2014\u2019s Great Western Valkyrie and 2016\u2019s Hollow Bones) would find me feeling a bit lost and disappointed so my interested in Rival Sons pretty much ended as I held tight to their first three albums. In 2019 when it was announced that Rival Sons would be releasing <em>Feral Roots<\/em>, not one to give up on a band I had to give it a listen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vx60Fsu-w9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The opening track, \u201cDo Your Worst\u201d was the Rival Sons I had missed so much and by the time the album got to \u201cLook Away\u201d, I knew right then and there that Rival Sons were back. I\u2019m not sure it was. Maybe it was their tour with Sabbath or maybe it was just the fact that hit their stride again but Feral Roots was already turning out to as good as <em>Pressure and Time<\/em>. The title track \u201cFeral Roots\u201d is without a doubt the show stopper and this song along put Rival Sons back on top of heap and back into my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s just where I am in my life or maybe it\u2019s just that Rival Sons were firing on all cylanders but <em>Feral Roots<\/em> is by far Rival Sons best work to date and after three back to back listens I just keep loving it more and hearing things that I didn\u2019t hear before. Feral Roots has Rival Sons stepping it up at least three notches and not resting on their laurels. <em>Feral Roots<\/em> is a rock n\u2019 roll masterpiece that has set the bar very high and I\u2019m not sure anyone else will be able to touch it this year. What an amazing gift from an amazing band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rival Sons \u2013 Feral Roots Release Date: January, 2019 When I first heard Rival Sons back in 2011, their album Pressure and Time was such a refreshing thing to hear. At this time I was inundated with heavy metal music and then all of the sudden, out of nowhere, comes this band playing this nasty, \u201870s tinged classic rock and roll. As a matter of fact, I didn\u2019t know better I would\u2019ve thought they were straight out of the \u201870s. 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