Sons of Deity

Sons of Deity is a recent discovery I came across at CD Baby.  Musically, I hear a definite eighties influence, ranging from AOR & melodic rock (sort of like Sweet Crystal & Line Of Fire) to melodic metal/hard rock (think Liberty N' Justice & Guardian) to some power/progressive elements (Sacred Warrior).

The vocalist has talent in taking a varied approach, while the guitar work hints at times of Tony Palacios.

Following is the link to the samples at CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sonsofdeity

I hope to have a review online within the next week or two.

Drat, I can't listen to music samples at cdbaby (or amazon) on my phone. I will certainly check this out later though. Sounds like something I might really like.

Not bad.  I will have to listen again when I am not tired, though, to see if I would want this.  If it is cheap enough at Emusic.com, I might just download it.

Here is the just uploaded Angelic Warlord review: http://www.angelicwarlord.com/reviews/s/sonsofdeity13.html

Next week look for a strongly worded review of the new King James, "Maximus".

I hear the 80's influence indeed on this.  The vocalist seems to be trying to copy Geoff Tate of Queensryche while fronting a much more melodic AOR band.  I don't think I'll order the CD, but I might download it from Emusic if I can score it cheap.

Andy, why the "strongly worded" review of King James?

Well, the new King James is more of a re-record project than an album of all new material.  It only features three new songs.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, but there has to be a reason to re-record older material, which is not present with "Maximus".  I always felt that the old King James songs on the first album sounded just fine and there was no reason to re-record them.  Plus the group did not announce that "Maximus" is a re-record album until just before it was released.

Perhaps I am overreacting, but I was expecting an album of mostly new material and what we get instead is a 'mish-mash' of old and new songs with some throwaway instrumentals added to fill things out.  I felt that maybe the group could have put more thought into the project and given its fan base more than eight full length songs in the process.

But I would like to point out that the performance and production are excellent and if someone has not previously heard King James then "Maximus" is a good place to start.  Long term fans, however, might be a bit disappointed.  If I am out of line here then please let me know.

I think you are spot on with your assessment of the new King james.  I think the band would have done better to rlease a 5 song EP with the new vocal tracks and the longer instrumental.

I have to agree also with your assessment, Andy.  To be honest, I don't like a couple of the new songs and don't think they fit well with that older material.

Thanks- at least this lets me know I am heading in the right direction with the review

I think staybrite is so right.
"Maximus"is not the CD of King James with all new songs.
It's a re-record of older stuff with 3 new songs.

I was expecting a King James album with new songs too.
Now, I'm curious to read the review of Andy about "Maximus".