DC4-Explode

DC4-Explode
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I always find it interesting when siblings play in a band together because I wonder if it’s difficult to keep family and business separate. Anyway in this band ¾ of the band are brothers as we have the Duncans with Jeff (Armored Saint, Odin) on guitar and vocals, Shawn (Odin) on drums and Matt on bass. The fourth member of the band is guitarist Rowan Robertson who you may remember was the guitarist for Dio way back on the 1990 release “Lock up the wolves”. So we have some veteran players plus it’s produced by Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning). Not too surprisingly there is a definite Armored Saint influence on this release and that’s just fine by me. It’s straight forward perhaps similar to Armored Saint’s Revelation album as DC4 take a somewhat basic approach. They also may lean a little more towards the hard rock side at times than Armored Saint did. Yet it certainly rocks as they charge through tracks like “Experiment”, “God Complex” and the killer title track. Jeff Duncan vocal approach does sound some like a little like John Bush although he doesn’t have quite that range, but few singers do. There are times where the music is a little too repetitive and even basic, but they know how keep the flow moving forward and that’s a big plus. It’s not treading into much in the way of new territory, but they do good job of making a familiar approach enjoyable. It’s an solid album overall and I would recommend it for fans of mid-late 1980’s metal.

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