PEGAZUS - IN METAL WE TRUST
BLACK LEATHER RECORDS / METAL REVELATION
Metal To Infinity
Pegazus
brings with In Metal we trust a typical eighties heavy metal album in the market.
Typical ‘singalongs’ like we are used to from Pegazus basically. The cover
says a lot, with a biker and hot chick reminiscent of Judas Priest’s
“Painkiller” album. There is actually a cover of Priest on there, namely
‘Metal Gods’. It fits perfectly in the list of titles such as ‘Metal
Messiah’, ‘Old Skool Metal Days’ and ‘We Live To Rock’ .. This is the
fifth studio album by the Australians Pegazus, in addition to the DVD
“Mythology-chapter II” (2006) and Live CD "Thunder from Down Under”
(2005), since the “The Headless Horseman” in 2002. Now back with original
vocalist Justin Fleming who, after 12 years in 2008, returned to the old nest.
The
album starts with ‘Metal Messiah’ including a powerful riff and a sing-along
format that surely will do very well during a live performance. With lyrics like
“…stand up and fight and in metal we trust…”. ‘Road Warrior’ start
with a bike intro and the imminently spoken words like “you-can run, but can't
hide”. A melodious song, with beautiful solo by guitarist and bandleader
Johnny Stoj. Than we have the short version (4'33 "), of ‘Metal Old Skool
Dayz’. You will find back a long version (6'14") of this track as well.
The short version starts with a spoken intro and after that a great song that
takes you back to the 80's. In the long version (where the spoken intro is
missing) Pegazus is accompanied by guitarist Ross The Boss (ex-Manowar), David
Shankle (formerly of Manowar / DSG) and Jeff Watson (ex-Night Ranger / Mothers
Army) who plays a great guitar solo.
Track
4 on CD ‘We live to rock’ which I find a lesser one personally. ‘Haunting
Me’ is a melodic song that starts quietly and then picks up to mid tempo. The
song has a big Iron Maiden content. Next ‘Eye For An Eye’ which immediately
kicks you back to the golden 80's years, as well as the fast ‘Ghost Rider’.
The cover of Judas Priest's ‘Metal Gods’ is a must. Well placed and well
sung by Justin Fleming. It is not an improvement of the original, but that is
the same with all covers. ‘End
Of The World’ is more melodious. I can't say more about it because this is one
of the lesser songs on the CD. ‘Death or Glory’ starts with an Manowar-like
intro, then mid tempo and melodical. We end with the long version of ‘Old
Skool Metal Days’, and this expresses very much what this album represents so
called melodic 80s Heavy Metal. The
guitar solos in every song brought to us by bandleader Johnny Stoj brings each
song to a higher level.
For
fans of Judas Priest, Saxon and Iron Maiden, this is worth buying. Okay it's a
CD with many clichés, but we'll forgive them for it. With “In Metal We
Trust” (not counting for the two lesser songs) Pegazus brings us a good album.
My Points: 76 / 100 (Review by Metalandy)