Release
date: January
09th
2020.
Label: Self
Released.
Format: DD
Thrill
Seekers -
Tracklisting
1.
Thrill Seekers
2.
Crime Styles of the Rich
3.
American Dreams
4.
Hatriots
5.
Art of War
6.
Repressed
7.
Celebrity Stalker
8.
I Am
Members
Jason
Young – Bass, Lead Vocals
Larry
Prosser – Lead Guitar, Lead/Backup Vocals
Charlie
Moffett – Drums, Backup Vocals
Review
Thrill
Seekers is the new album from Punk/Metal Crossover Band – Celebrity
Stalker. OK, so these guys aren’t Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal in
anyway but I wanted to review their debut album as I used to dig a
lot of this style of music in my younger years and it’s always good to
revisit music you loved back from your youth. And these guys have
written a hard-hitting album with a deep social conscience.
The
album is fast-paced, aggressive and down-right catchy in places. The
band say they’re aren’t a political band in any shape of form.
However, the band to touch upon some hard-hitting social issues on
this album which makes you really think about what the band are
currently singing about.
There
are 8 songs on the album and the band take influence from Slayer,
Suicidal Tendencies and Iron Maiden but Celebrity Stalker follow
their own destructive path with aggressive melodic riffs and some
fine vocals from almost everyone in the band.
Maybe
the album has a “Classic/Retro” feel to it but the music is so
damn good that the Punk/Metal Crossover aspect of the whole album is
what fully sells Celebrity Stalker as a hugely talented band in their
own right. The lyrics and vocals do take a few songs to fully get
used to but after that it’s all systems go for a violent onslaught
of aggressive grooves with intelligence to match.
Standout
songs include: Crime Styles Of The Rich, American Dreams, Hatriots,
Art Of War and Celebrity Stalker.
If
you’re a fan of this style of music then you need to check out
Celebrity Stalker now. As these guys have an important message to say
to the world and it ain’t pretty.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
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