His Name Was Iron
Damon from the ILA put His Name Was Iron our way recently to see if we could help get them some airplay over on these shores. Seeing my chance, I had a listen to their tracks as well to get a review up and posted – read on to find out more!
I Calls ‘Em Like I Sees ‘Em sets the bar high straight off, opening with a roving riff and some roaring vocals, all underpinned with a rolling beat which keeps everything going on it’s syncopated path. Kicking from this into one of the most amazingly harmonic yet heavy chorus’s I’ve ever come across, already I found myself sat backing making sure I was listening to the right band, these guys are epic! The disjointed effect from the guitars and drums further develops the complexity of the track and makes it into something which keeps you guessing and questioning what’s going to come next – the result is a track which ticks every single box. Ending harmonic once again, these guys have set things at a level which they’re going to have to match for the rest of the tracks here.
I shouldn’t have worried, and as How About a Little Fire Scarecrow? kicks in, once again you’re greeted with some soaring riffs, roaring vocals and rolling drums. Once again the track is fast and pacey but retains its sense of harmony through the broken down chorus’s. This track once again keeps things a little disjointed but in a way which will make you listen even harder just to make sure you don’t miss a single thing. They even chuck a guitar solo in here as if to prove they can make it work, and work it does! Moving into Sticks And Stones you’re immediately thrown into a pit of roaring guitars and vocals, all set to a blistering pace which live, is sure to have the crowd moving along with it. The vocals take on a different approach here, opting for raw power under the roaring, then roaring then moving into those sublimely harmonic voices which are so prominent in the chorus. Changing pace at times, this is another track which will keep you guessing as to what is going to come next, but at no point does it disappoint. Sure, there’s contrasts which will wake you up, slap you about a bit then carry on, but it all works! Personally I think this is my favourite track from the selection here, it’s a track I’m going to come back to several times just to make sure I’ve not missed a moment.
Bandit opens at a more frantic pace once again, throwing in some syncopated beats and keeping things sounding dark through the guitar lines. The rolling drums here really set the pace and launch the track into being, the vocals once again raw and edgy whilst the guitars rove around on their disjointed journey – it’s another example of these guys not only understanding their instruments but also how to write a track! As it fades and final track Ladies Love a Man In Uniform kicks in, I found myself disappointed, not in the track but in this being the last track here. Opting for a more funky guitar line and more harmonic chorus, this track is a pure rock anthem, drawing on old skool influences in the guitar lines and making sure there’s a catchy hook for you to chant along to in the chorus, what a way to close things!
His Name Was Iron are another great band who we’ve been lucky enough to check out, and there’s so much here which should help propel them onwards. The tracks are catchy in their own right whilst retaining that raw edge which keeps you engaged and focused on what you’re hearing. Heavy, melodic, disjointed…..I don’t know where to begin here. The best way to put it I think is simply to say this – go listen to the tracks and see what you think, it’s worth it.
To find out more about His Name Was Iron, check out their Facebook page HERE.
I Calls ‘Em Like I Sees ‘Em sets the bar high straight off, opening with a roving riff and some roaring vocals, all underpinned with a rolling beat which keeps everything going on it’s syncopated path. Kicking from this into one of the most amazingly harmonic yet heavy chorus’s I’ve ever come across, already I found myself sat backing making sure I was listening to the right band, these guys are epic! The disjointed effect from the guitars and drums further develops the complexity of the track and makes it into something which keeps you guessing and questioning what’s going to come next – the result is a track which ticks every single box. Ending harmonic once again, these guys have set things at a level which they’re going to have to match for the rest of the tracks here.
I shouldn’t have worried, and as How About a Little Fire Scarecrow? kicks in, once again you’re greeted with some soaring riffs, roaring vocals and rolling drums. Once again the track is fast and pacey but retains its sense of harmony through the broken down chorus’s. This track once again keeps things a little disjointed but in a way which will make you listen even harder just to make sure you don’t miss a single thing. They even chuck a guitar solo in here as if to prove they can make it work, and work it does! Moving into Sticks And Stones you’re immediately thrown into a pit of roaring guitars and vocals, all set to a blistering pace which live, is sure to have the crowd moving along with it. The vocals take on a different approach here, opting for raw power under the roaring, then roaring then moving into those sublimely harmonic voices which are so prominent in the chorus. Changing pace at times, this is another track which will keep you guessing as to what is going to come next, but at no point does it disappoint. Sure, there’s contrasts which will wake you up, slap you about a bit then carry on, but it all works! Personally I think this is my favourite track from the selection here, it’s a track I’m going to come back to several times just to make sure I’ve not missed a moment.
Bandit opens at a more frantic pace once again, throwing in some syncopated beats and keeping things sounding dark through the guitar lines. The rolling drums here really set the pace and launch the track into being, the vocals once again raw and edgy whilst the guitars rove around on their disjointed journey – it’s another example of these guys not only understanding their instruments but also how to write a track! As it fades and final track Ladies Love a Man In Uniform kicks in, I found myself disappointed, not in the track but in this being the last track here. Opting for a more funky guitar line and more harmonic chorus, this track is a pure rock anthem, drawing on old skool influences in the guitar lines and making sure there’s a catchy hook for you to chant along to in the chorus, what a way to close things!
His Name Was Iron are another great band who we’ve been lucky enough to check out, and there’s so much here which should help propel them onwards. The tracks are catchy in their own right whilst retaining that raw edge which keeps you engaged and focused on what you’re hearing. Heavy, melodic, disjointed…..I don’t know where to begin here. The best way to put it I think is simply to say this – go listen to the tracks and see what you think, it’s worth it.
To find out more about His Name Was Iron, check out their Facebook page HERE.