Eyes Of Eve
All too often bands offer bland descriptions of themselves on their social media sites, leaving us questioning what it is we’re going to be hearing. With Eyes Of Eve things are different though, as they’ve got one of the best descriptions I’ve ever come across on their page. Describing themselves as ‘a mix of knee-slapping grooves combined with tasty solos, chugging riffs, heavy, bluesy vocals all thrown into one big metal sandwich’. Now – I like sandwiches, but now’s not the time to discuss the types of food I enjoy, so more importantly, what of their music!
Damned For Life casts all thoughts of sandwiches to one side, and launches us into a bass fuelled melee of hammering drums, intricate guitar lines and rumbling bass moments. The track grows gradually before ushering in the raspy and hard vocals, adding in a further sense of the distorted to develop things into a track which matches their metal sandwich comparison, it’s no one genre here, rather a mix of different elements thrown together to create a massive sound – and it works. Sounding like a combination of Down with early A7X (I know, it’s a tricky comparison but there’s some elements going on there) you’re treated to a sound which works to get you involved, makes you want to hear more and keeps you interested for the entirety of the track. Bad Road follows much the same conventions, only this time cranking the volume up to 11 and hammering things out at an even bigger pace, creating a noise which you’re not going to be able to ignore. What I really like is the rawness of their sound, it’s not over produced so you hear everything which is going on, which is nice to hear for a change!
Leave It All Behind throws into a faster track, picking up the pace and adding in a sense of pace and funky power, keeping the track moving throughout. I love the sound of this track, the combined drums and guitar sound work to generate that sense of movement once again, keeping things interesting and not letting on as to what’s going on. My one complaint with this track, something’s gone wrong somewhere on the recording and one element of the drum has overloaded the mic at moments, or so it sounds. That said, it’s a minor complaint from the track as a whole! Grinds You Down begins to show where the band have come from, launching into a faster and heavier approach to the track and demonstrating that they are perfectly capable of producing heavy when the moment calls for it. Raw and powerful throughout, this is the sort of track which you want to see on the live scene as it’s going to get the whole crowd moving along with the band. It’s almost a shock then when Left Hand Of God comes in to being and slows everything down, keeping the bass the centre of attention at first before throwing in some acoustic notes, offering up an emotional change to the progression of the album. Not content with keeping things slow for too long, the pace is soon resumed and we’re thrown back into the world of dark distortion, this time keeping the beat slow so as to accentuate all of the elements going on.
As the selection of tracks comes to a close with Little Bag Of Something Good, there’s no doubt left in my mind that this is going to be a band to keep an eye out for. The final moments here demonstrate a sense of development within the band, showing where they’ve come from and crafting a track which is both heavy and funky. Raw and powerful once again, this last moment leaves me wanting more and will get people hooked in for sure – more please!
Eyes Of Eve have gone for a sound which a lot of bands seem to be trying out at the moment, only they seem to be doing it damned well. We featured a similar band (XII Boar) a while back, and I’d kill to see the two of them playing on the same stage, it would destroy the country on top of the town! These guys have managed to create a sound which is accessible and appealing throughout, and are a band who I hope to hear a lot more from!
To find out more about Eyes of Eve, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls
Damned For Life casts all thoughts of sandwiches to one side, and launches us into a bass fuelled melee of hammering drums, intricate guitar lines and rumbling bass moments. The track grows gradually before ushering in the raspy and hard vocals, adding in a further sense of the distorted to develop things into a track which matches their metal sandwich comparison, it’s no one genre here, rather a mix of different elements thrown together to create a massive sound – and it works. Sounding like a combination of Down with early A7X (I know, it’s a tricky comparison but there’s some elements going on there) you’re treated to a sound which works to get you involved, makes you want to hear more and keeps you interested for the entirety of the track. Bad Road follows much the same conventions, only this time cranking the volume up to 11 and hammering things out at an even bigger pace, creating a noise which you’re not going to be able to ignore. What I really like is the rawness of their sound, it’s not over produced so you hear everything which is going on, which is nice to hear for a change!
Leave It All Behind throws into a faster track, picking up the pace and adding in a sense of pace and funky power, keeping the track moving throughout. I love the sound of this track, the combined drums and guitar sound work to generate that sense of movement once again, keeping things interesting and not letting on as to what’s going on. My one complaint with this track, something’s gone wrong somewhere on the recording and one element of the drum has overloaded the mic at moments, or so it sounds. That said, it’s a minor complaint from the track as a whole! Grinds You Down begins to show where the band have come from, launching into a faster and heavier approach to the track and demonstrating that they are perfectly capable of producing heavy when the moment calls for it. Raw and powerful throughout, this is the sort of track which you want to see on the live scene as it’s going to get the whole crowd moving along with the band. It’s almost a shock then when Left Hand Of God comes in to being and slows everything down, keeping the bass the centre of attention at first before throwing in some acoustic notes, offering up an emotional change to the progression of the album. Not content with keeping things slow for too long, the pace is soon resumed and we’re thrown back into the world of dark distortion, this time keeping the beat slow so as to accentuate all of the elements going on.
As the selection of tracks comes to a close with Little Bag Of Something Good, there’s no doubt left in my mind that this is going to be a band to keep an eye out for. The final moments here demonstrate a sense of development within the band, showing where they’ve come from and crafting a track which is both heavy and funky. Raw and powerful once again, this last moment leaves me wanting more and will get people hooked in for sure – more please!
Eyes Of Eve have gone for a sound which a lot of bands seem to be trying out at the moment, only they seem to be doing it damned well. We featured a similar band (XII Boar) a while back, and I’d kill to see the two of them playing on the same stage, it would destroy the country on top of the town! These guys have managed to create a sound which is accessible and appealing throughout, and are a band who I hope to hear a lot more from!
To find out more about Eyes of Eve, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls