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SKULL PIT : "Skull Pit" .Review, Metal Blade Records.2018

Updated: Jan 8, 2019

tracklist

Double Cross

Roller

Fire Breather

Year of the Dog

Soul Rider.

Blood Titan

Marauders

The Line

Wolf Spirit

All the Lessons

it's not just a copy nor a Motorhead substitute it's just Motorhead's early music Lemmy's presence and Eddie Fast, of course has to be apsent the original voice of Ian Kilminster but his bass sounds is real, the known old "Rickenbacker" bass guitar probably played the same way and changeless by someone Tatsu Mikami a Japanese veteran, just figure, that the spirit of Lemmy was reincarnated through the body of Mikami,but may be bass were played by Von Stein.

In vocals someone German guy the 'Mem Von Stein'!, hapen's to be Exumer's bassist and main microphone a voice tough, hard, permeable, proper for "screamo-thrash" something that don't get higher Motorhead's style (due to we used to Lemmy's bear singing), in regards Von Stein as bassist at Exumer, and at the same time makes his own vocals perhaps should be probably the Skull Pit designer,who knows ? should be probably the one who adjust skull-pit sound to Lemmy Bass-style .first track the "Double Cross": in rude beat , but "tolerable" so you to don't chase off easy audiences.

Followed the "Roller": we have fury accelerating guitars, It gives an impression like dangerous and reckless,with some tempesty beat also keen expression, like,(regards Motorhead's),old track 'Poison' also the 'Dead Men Tell No Tales' from the Bomber album since 1979, so Skull returned to the days when Motorhead were in the Bronze(label), those days producer was placed Jimmy Miller who was also and producer of New Yorkers "Plasmatics"

Next song the "Fire Breather" is well planned and strong composition notes makes force witch gives melodic air , riffs harmonizing coilled basslines buzz noise

topic is about some onslaught to enemy lines,to take by surprise enemy forces, advising shots against enemies, reminds the golden age of Κilminster, Clarke, Taylor, is such as copied from traditional album of 1980 the "Ace Of Spades" when producer was someone Vic Maile (Hawkwind member Lemmy's pall).


In video at the U-Tube as they acting in a desert place, saw Tatsu to hold and play similar Lemmy's bass guitar, the named "Rickenbacker" black and gold with long neck and four pegs,that means the Tokyo guy is the official bassist.



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