This is one of the hardest reviews I've had to write, and I'm not sure quite why. I think its because this album is really tough to listen to, and its important to say that that is not because it's a bad album. On the contrary.
Blue Gillespie are an independent prog/metal band from Newport, South Wales and Seven Rages of Man is their second album. Evidently they see the character "Blue Gillespie" as a collective alter-ego who represents the hidden darker side of each of the band members.
Now, you might say that's a little pretentious, but let's put that aside for the moment and ask the important question: Is the music any good?
Oh my laws yes.
Opener Prologue - natch - introduces us to rumbling drums, strident guitars and the very forceful vocal presence of Gareth David-Lloyd...
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