Beautiful
Creatures
Deuce
Spitfire Records, August 2005
Offensive words: 5
Genre: hard rock/metal
If you like this music also check out Disciple.
Music
Listening to Beautiful Creatures was like listening to a throwback
album before grunge had hit the streets and classic hard rock and metal
were still pure. I mean take a listen to the very first track,
"Anyone", and note the guitar riffs and the hard drive in the
bass line gave me a feel of the days of the Crue and GnR. Now don't say
I am saying these guys are quit to that level but this is hard
rock/metal that is solid and hard driving and fist raising. Songs like
"Unforgiven" had a southern rock /metal feel which made for a
great beefed up ballad type chorus. "Superfly" was a great
hard bass line song but came in with a very familiar sounding tempo and
style. The album started taking a modern turn with sampling and
keys on "Never" while they still through in some great guitar
solos. A few ballads find their way on towards the end which gave for a
good amount of diversity. Overall, this is a very solid album that
is not overproduced and lets the artists be that...artists.
Lyrically/Vocally
Lyrically, the band deals with facing adversity, relationships and
overall themes of life and often redemption. They do throw in some
topics and direction that as a Christian I did not agree with
personally. Songs like "Straight to Hell" gave a message
that I couldn't not personally agree with. Vocally, the band does a good
job with a great gritty lead with plenty of passion.
Overall, the album took me back to days of more classic and pure metal
but mixed with some mixed messages, I probably won't be listening much
more.