Release
date: January 28th 2017. Label: Cold Smoke Records. Format: DD/Vinyl
Hey
Satan – Self Titled – Tracklisting
Fallon City Messiah
Legal Aspect Of Love
Sunshine Blues
In Cold Blood
1991
Song For A Lost
Mariner
Red Light Women
Bastardizer
Black Flags Down
This Meat Stinks,
Honey
Band
Members
François : Lead Vocals/Guitar
Laurent : Vocals/Guitar
Frank : Drums
Review
Hey
Satan is a Stoner Rock band with something different about them. This
is a band that blends moments of Classic Rock, Desert Rock and Psych
for a heavy and interesting sound of their own. You can tell that the
band have been influenced by bands such as Kyuss, QOTSA and Led
Zeppelin.
Opening
track – Fallon City Messiah – is perhaps named after a certain
individual that we all know and love. The song does have a Clutch
style vibe with the delivery of both the vocals and riffs. Though
those initial feelings start to disappear as the song progresses.
Heavy Blues Rock spliced with Desert/Stoner Rock that see Hey Satan
play with huge confidence. An almost perfect combination of classic
stadium rock swagger and modern sounding Stoner sounds.
Second
track – Legal Aspect Of Love – has a vintage QOTSA feel to it
then it explodes with huge blasts of Stoner Rock/Metal riffs that you
don’t really expect. The lyrics have quite a playful and humorous
feel to them that matches the crazy instrumental work the band are
currently playing.
Third
track – Sunshine Blues – is a more straightforward Stoner Rock
track with the band playing heavy slow-paced riffs at the start
before the heavier moments appear. The vocals by Insert Name Later
are cool, focused and precise. The music is once again influenced by
the more familiar sounds of Desert/Stoner Rock scene. Hey Satan does
inject some much needed creativity along the way.
Fourth
track – In Cold Blood – is one of the standout songs on the
album. As the band play a more direct style of Psychedelic Stoner
Rock with superb instrumental work that demands your full attention.
The screeching guitars towards the end add a sense of chaos with the
band still in full control of their music.
Fifth
track – 1991 – sees the band add a thunderous dash of Blues Rock
with the music deciding if it wants to be a seventies sounding loud
rock anthem or a modern day sounding stoner rock/metal sing-along.
The song finds the right balance between the two different styles of
music.
It
seems that Hey Satan wanted to create the loudest album they possibly
could without them venturing into the world of heavy metal. They
succeed on all counts as this is a very loud album from start to
finish. Other great tracks to check out are Song For A Lost Mariner,
Black Flags Down and Bastardizer.
Hey
Satan’s self titled debut album is a celebration of all things
HEAVY and LOUD. The production is first rate. All in all, Hey Satan
have delivered a brilliantly entertaining debut album that is packed
full of anthemic songs. This is one album you’ll be playing over
and over again.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks to Héléna at
Domino Media Agency for the promo. Hey Satan will be available to buy
on DD/Vinyl via Cold Smoke Records from Jan 28th 2017.
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