New songs from Villain

I checked out and wrote about some demo tracks by South Carolina's Villain very early this year.

http://metalmark.blogspot.com/2008/01/check-out-villain.html



Well, they have some new songs and I went over and checked them out at the band's Myspace page. I must say that they have made great progress judging by the new songs. Villain crank out very much a mid-80's hard rock/metal sound with lots of squealing guitars and a real sharp edge. I hear some Motley Crue, early Ozzy, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot and a few others. The guitar is still the best part of the band with a definite Randy Rhoads influence , but I can hear the rhythm section much more this time around and they are solid enough. The vocals are far more consistent in both skill and sound quality plus I now get a better sense that everyone in the band is on the same page musically. Perhaps the sound would benefit from a little more energy from the vocals, but that may just come in time with more experience. Their previous songs sounded like a band still trying to get things together and figure out a direction. Now they sound like they have the line-up and direction they need and they cranked out some solid demo tracks that show their progress. So hop over an check them out.



http://www.myspace.com/villainrules