Octopus – Supernatural Alliance
Track List:
01. The Centre
02. Supernatural Alliance
03. Slave & Master
04. Strike (While The Iron Is Hot)
05. Child Of Destiny (Inaugural Trilogy, Part 3)
06. The Unknown
07. Sword & The Stone
08. All The Love (Fleetwood Mac)
09. Black Dynamite
10. Dragonhead
Masha Marjieh (Vocals)
J Frezzato (Guitar)
Matt O’Brien (Bass)
Chuck Burns(Drums)
Adam Cox (keyboards)
Detroit rock band formed in 2008 by guitarist J Frezzato (ex-Electric Six) and vocalist Masha Marjieh. Drawing on inspiration from the book ‘The Octopus’ by Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith (so not the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League then) the duo set about writing songs and putting together a band.
It seemed that the band had no overall style or direction; this allowed them to create music without any need for a “label”.
What is perhaps the most surprising thing here is that this is in fact their debut release and on the highly respected Rise Above Records.
Opening with ‘Beyond The Centre’, we are instantly treated to a classic keyboard driven piece reminiscent of Uriah Heep.
From that point onwards it really is the early 70’s that dominates, until that is we come to ‘The Unknown’ a solid five minutes of slow and inspired proto doom with some soaring and haunting vocals.
After some rock & roll comes the even more haunting ‘Fleetwood Mac’, should perhaps point out that this has little to do with the legendary blues rockers turned west coast superstars,
I would say that this has more in common with a late 60’s occult rock vibe mixed with some jazz rock and a vocal along the lines of Black Sabbath’s ‘Planet Caravan’.
This octopus is in danger of being overlooked, do not make that mistake, this is quite simply a classic rock album that deserves attention!
Rating 9/10
For Fans Of: Purson, Uriah Heep, (Early) Black Sabbath, Coven, Jefferson Airplane
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