Mick Priestley - Green River Project (CD Review)

01.Dig Your Grave

02.No Return

03.Out Of The Dark Below

04.Flight Of The Bumblebee

05.Nowhere To Run

06.Summer-Presto

07.The Storm

Andy Law - Vocals

Mick Priestley - Guitar/Bass

Alex Martin - Drums

Guest Musicians:

Andy Brook - Keyboard Programming

Adrian Erlandsson - Drums (Dig Your Grave)

Starting off with a slow almost bluesy intro 'Dig Your Grave' then kicks into just about the best damn metal track you'll hear in a long time. Powerfull and anthemic with amazing guitar work that out does that cold lifeless Dragonforce stuff anyday, Mick plays with a real passion and a technical proficiency that is in a masterclass of its own.

Melody and power are the two keywords here for 'No Return', Law delivers an awesome vocal performance whilst the guitar prowess of Mick delivers note perfect with speed and precision unrivaled in british rock today. The song kicks like Motley Crue jamming with Rising Force!

'Out Of The Dark Below' has a slow haunting intro with a catchy little guitar riff mixed in with some vocal sampling. Coming over to my ears like a hybrid of Gothic Power metal, beautiful melodic guitarwork with a strong vocal and superb drumming. The sweeping solo is so fast sounds like mick has 7 fingers on his hand!

'Flight Of The Bumblebee' is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899. Mick gives it his own personal twist with a frantic pace played up to tempo, with nearly uninterrupted runs of chromatic sixteenth notes!

'Nowhere To Run' is catchy as hell with great vocals, reminding me of wednesday 13 on a tech metal trip!

'Summer Presto' is an instrumental which gives Mick another chance to show that he is one of this countrys best guitarists (Herman who??) but, and yes i say it again, with a real passion and understanding that technical ability is only worth listening to when played with passion and that passion comes through the speakers and is as smooth and deadly as a glass of absinthe laced with Laudanum.

The final track 'The Storm' has a classical styled intro with acoustic guitar and keyboard harmony. as to be expected (if not Demanded!) it moves into more energy fuelled fret work. This instrumental again serves as a testament to Micks unrivaled abilities as a true guitar hero.

Stu

Rating: 10/10 

For Fans Of: Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Dragonforce, Symphony X, Paul Gilbert.

Official Website:
www.mickpriestley.net

MICK PRIESTLEY - GREEN RIVER PROJECT DEMO (CD Review)

1.Dig Your Grave

2.Nowhere To Run

3.Summer-Presto

Andy Law - Vocals

Mick Priestley - Guitar/Bass

Andy Brook - Keyboards

Adrian Erlandsson - Drums

Starting off with a slow almost bluesy intro Dig Your Grave then kicks into just about the best damn metal track you'll hear in a long time.

Powerfull and anthemic with amazing guitar work that out does that cold lifeless Dragonforce stuff anyday, Mick plays with a real passion and that comes over on disc just as it did when he played live with Nothin To Lose.

Track two is more of the same and catchy as hell with great vocals, reminding me of wednesday 13, but then how can you go wrong when you have been working hard on something for so long and enlist Adrian to play drums for you?????

The last track is an instrumental which gives Mick another chance to show that he is one of this countrys best guitarists (Herman who??) but with soul.

Gigs, video and much more is lined up for 2009, you need to watch out for this.

To be honest the only thing i dont like about this is the name 'Green River Project' as it gives the impression its some kind of tribute to the pre Pearl Jam/Mudhoney grunge band, though i suspect that Mick may have gone for the serial killer connection, its still confusing and when it comes to promoting the band could cause problems.

STU

Rating - 10/10

Get This If You Like : Yngwie Malmsteen,Steve Vai,Dragonforce

OCCUPIERS POD TYPE THING SHOW 4 (Free Download)

1.Papa Lazarou Intro

2.Chaosanct - I Of Goliath

3.Infestation - Legions Of Death

4.Has Someone Been Naughty

5.Roxville - Whipped

6.Pinhead Last Supper

7.Mick Priestley Green River Project - Nowhere To Run

8.Hollow Limit - Devils Hour

9.Black Polaris - And They Faded Away

10.Kramers Blood

11.Matron - Blood Of Knights

12.Powermajus - Dream Or Reality

13.Too Bad She Wont Live

14.Here Lies Afflication - Destroy Your Memory

15.Metal Band - Dreamers Fate

16.Isaburu

17.Viking Skull - Skull Heaven

18.Meantime - Vengeance

19.Muted - Downward Spiral

20.killing People

21.Carnivale - Orphans Of The Storm

22.Voodoo Vegas - Sweet Mary Jane

23.Mallory Knox - Drink Fight Fuck

24.Hail To The King

25.King Lizard - Hell Yeah

Running Time - 70.59

Format - wma

Size - 49.4 mb

Bit Rate - 97 kbs

Here be number 4 :) i seem to be getting worse,these are supposed to be an hour long,but trhey keep getting longer,trouble is there is too much good music to bring to you.Download and enjoy my usual mix of music,offensive comedy and soundbites.As always go to the gigs and if they have them buy the cd's from the bands!Also if the bands have tickets to sell,buy from them and not the venues or ticket agencys.

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