I fear that heavy metal may be due for a dumbing down, if Young Guns are anything to go by. Okay, I know, some people will be of the opinion that it was hardly clever in the first place, but when it came to shredding frets, nothing did it like metal.
That’s the problem with this debut single, ‘In The Night’. It lacks that pyrotechnic ambition. True, Ben pounds the drums for all he’s worth in a slow/fast style, Frazer and John lay down a riff Megadeth would be proud of and Gustav wails nihilistic nonsense like the best of them – it’s like the late eighties all over again. It just doesn’t ignite and therefore doesn’t excite – the ridiculous solos don’t appear, the mind boggling runs don’t even get off the blocks… in fact, it’s like Dragonforce without the essence of Dragonforce.
The song as such is not bad – it has a lot of life – but just fails to engage you on any level with that touch of brilliance. It is Gustav who probably sums it up best with the line ‘I don’t care’. C’mon guys, make me care.
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