| Reviews for D-Wall's Godfood |
| Solid old school Rockers - 83% |
| Written by ruigeroeland
on December 9th, 2008
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| D-Wall is a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band from Hannover in Germany. The band formed in 1999 and released a demo the following year. Following this release, there was a long period of silence as far as new material was concerned. But after eight years, the band was ready to release their first full-length “Godfood”. The bands promotional flyer notes the band spices up their live shows with cover songs of Deep Purple, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and Iron Maiden, which is a good indicator of what to expect of the bands own songs. And indeed, the bands influences are quite obvious when listening to Godfood. Luckily though, they managed to avoid the pitfall of sounding out-dated by injecting a modern twist into their sound. The band has a talent for writing catchy Head boppers. The songs are firmly riff oriented, with the riffing being both up tempo and melodic, making the use of supporting instruments like a keyboard mostly unnecessary. The band has a dual vocal approach, with Arno handling the male vocals and Sandra the female vocals. Seeing the bands musical style, it is no surprise that both sing clean (so no death growls or black shrieks here). Arno takes care of the lion share of the vocal lines. He isn’t the worlds greatest vocalist, but is a capable singer who manages to carry the songs. Female vocals are mainly used for background support in the choruses. The bands nod to metal past is also prevalent in the lyrical department, boasting a arena rocker simply titled “Rock ‘n Roll”, expressing their love for the genre. Metal fans with a soft spot for old school Hard Rock and Metal will most certainly enjoy this release, but I guess every metal fan will have a good time listening to this. Regardless of your metal style of choice, a great riff is a great riff and a good song is a good song. |