{"id":2163,"date":"2010-05-10T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatsouthernbrainfart.wordpress.com\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:54:45","slug":"album-review-white-wizzard-over-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=2163","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: White Wizzard – Over The Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>White Wizzard – Over The Top<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date: March 9, 2010
\nHighlights: Over The Top, 40 Deuces, High Roller, Live Free Or Die, Out of Control, Death Race<\/strong><\/p>\n

One listen to White Wizzard’s 2009 album “Over The Top” is the equivalent of getting into that Delorean time machine and going back to 1984. A time where denim jackets were covered in patches and buttons, jeans were tight and had holes in them, the hair was dirty and unkept and head bands were worn like helmets as you fought the battle for all that was Heavy Metal.\u00a0 A time were saluting your fellow comrades was a fist pointed upward or the almighty devil horns as you passed each other in the mall or at the arena concert.\u00a0 A time where heavy metal was rebelious and the songs were anthems for the displaced youth and outcasts that needed their own heroes.\u00a0 A time where the guitars were tuned in standard tuning and only had 6 strings as opposed to the downtuned 7 string things that exist today.\u00a0 This folks, is White Wizzard, a modern band with a truly old soul.<\/p>\n

The opening track “Over The Top” right off the bat brings a smile to my face as I was shot back in time to those times.\u00a0 Twin lead guitars that sound like they jumped right out of an Iron Maiden album and singer that sounds like the lovechild of Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford.\u00a0 I first heard these guys on my friend Lady Starlight’s blog and I can’t even begin to tell you how psyched I was to hear this.\u00a0 The metal bands of today are so polished and down tuned and if I have to hear another metal singer with that caked on auto tune to their voices I’m going to claw my ears out.\u00a0 White Wizzard delivers an album that is well produced, executed with tight precision and a sound that is organic and old school.<\/p>\n

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“Over The Top” is a non-stop Metal roller coaster that is going at top speed for nearly an hour.\u00a0 The 2nd track “40 Deuces” in my opinion is the song that really showcases what this band is capable of.\u00a0 Unlike fellow Metal band “Dream Evil”, White Wizzards lyrics are campy yet they are true to the attitude and genre of music they are playing.\u00a0 The lyrics aren’t purposely cheesy but they are just naturally campy and fun.\u00a0 The songs are anthems similar to that of Judas Priest.\u00a0 The band even pays homage to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the 70’s – 80’s that inspired them on the song “Out Of Control.”\u00a0 “In 79, we were left for dead.\u00a0 A new movement was born.\u00a0 Neal Kay saved the day, Air guitars in a crazy swarm.”\u00a0 This is just too damn awesome to hear as these guys at least know where their roots and legacy came from.<\/p>\n

The rest of the songs on “Over The Top” are just as good as the other.\u00a0 The album is a really great Heavy Metal listening experience.\u00a0 Now don’t get me wrong, I appreciate new modern metal bands like Lacuna Coil, In This Moment and Five Finger Death Punch but I can’t listen to those guys like I can White Wizzard.\u00a0 Listening to White Wizzard is like traveling back in time and being reminded of what was great about Metal music.\u00a0 It’s not poppy, it’s not friendly and it’s not over produced.\u00a0 It’s well written, well played and puts a smile on my face ten miles wide.\u00a0 Classic metal isn’t dead folks.\u00a0 It’s alive and well and White Wizzard proves it with “Over The Top.”\u00a0 A line from the song “Out of Control” says it best: “The anthems sound a new rebirth.\u00a0 A sonic blast across the earth!”\u00a0 Well said boys, well said!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White Wizzard – Over The Top Release Date: March 9, 2010 Highlights: Over The Top, 40 Deuces, High Roller, Live Free Or Die, Out of Control, Death Race One listen to White Wizzard’s 2009 album “Over The Top” is the equivalent of getting into that Delorean time machine and going back to 1984. A time where denim jackets were covered in patches and buttons, jeans were tight and had holes in them, the hair was dirty and unkept and head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19883,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/19883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}