This Is Not TV

I’ve never really listened to Black Tide, but thanks to damn near every music magazine in this country I know that they are, apparently, very good. So good in fact that they have toured with many, many famous bands. And are also on the Kerrang! Tour with two very good bands… and one very, very bad one (begins with Mind ends with less Self Indulgence but lets not go there). They’ve recorded on a Metallica tribute CD, played Ozzfest and Leeds/Reading and have also won various awards for being very, very good. And despite this, they’re all under 21. So, are my expectations high? Why yes. Yes they are.

And Black Tide deliver. I love this song. It’s just non-stop, in your face, “I’m going to punch you in the face and take all of your money while you’re on the floor and you are going to like it my friend” metal from the second it kicks in. Ahem. Yes, Black Tide are very deserved of all their praise judging from this single. It’s the perfect mix of Metallica’s precision, Maiden’s showmanship and Guns’n’Roses ability to just go that little bit further, that make this song everything that the 80’s had to throw at metal. You can feel the energy flowing from every note, every beat and every wail from your speakers. It’s not a standard record, it’s something that a band can be proud of. And being so young, this band can be even more proud of a song that sounds like it came straight from the minds of some of the best musicians of their time.

Have my expectations been met? Why yes, yes they have. I expect big, very big things from this band over the coming years. Let’s just pray they don’t go glam…

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