HITTEN
“TWIST OF FATE”
Album Review by Piers Penfree

9/10

Formed in the South East Spanish city of Murcia, near Alicante, in 2011, Hitten play trad metal that fans of metal’s 80’s heyday will love. Even their logo and album cover art are unashamedly straight out of the 80s. Hitten released their first demo “Darkness Queen”, 2 EPs and their first full album “First Strike With The Devil”, before signing to High Roller Records for their second album “State Of Shock”. They have played on Festivals and toured Europe and Japan. Drums and guitar open proceedings on “Take It All”, the opening song of the album, which is a fast paced rocker. Alex Panza, the band’s vocalist, can sing medium to high range vocals and changes through them quite effortlessly. The song has a catchy, sing-along chorus, classic guitar solo and should go down well in the live arena.

Second song “Final Warning” continues to hold the pace, with more classic solos and another sing-along chorus. Alex Panza’s style changes from clean vocals to screaming vocals remind me of Rob Halford in his prime. Crashing drums and a driving guitar riff introduce the album’s third song and title track “Twist Of Fate”. The song’s rhythm and drums are very reminiscent of 80s Priest.  A classic 80s driving riff and drums introduce “Flight To Freedom”, the fourth song of the album and another fast paced rocker. Again, Judas Priest’s influence can be felt in this song, in the musical break. Guitar solos aplenty and another sing-along chorus, this is another potential live fav.

“Svccvbvs”, the fifth song is a short, musical piece. Picked guitar reminds me of the intro to “Death Row” on Priest’s 97 album “Jugulator”, before a guitar solo joins in over the top. The album then launches into another fast paced rocker, the sixth song “Evil Within” which has a bit of an 80s Megadeth type riff and pace. The song slows in the break into a very “lighter’s aloft” type moment, then there’s the guitar solo and then the pace returns, before the song ends with an acoustic outro.

Drums and melodic guitar intro “On The Run”, the seventh song, before a driving riff, drums and bass and a high pitched scream announce another fast paced rocker. This song is catchy and has a very mid 80s feel to it; you can imagine it having been on rotation on 80s MTV. The guitar harmony and solo again have an 80s Judas Priest influence. This should be another live favourite. The album’s eighth song “In The Heat Of The Night” is a mid paced affair that has a nice driving beat to it. This is another song that has a very 80s MTV feel to it.

A crashing drum roll introduces “Rocking Out The City”, another fast paced rocker and the ninth song on the album. Again this song has a catchy, sing-along chorus and again, a very 80s feel to it. “Heroes” the album’s longest and final song is introduced by drums and a guitar melody, then drops to bass and drums that Alex Panza sings over in the verse, while guitar darts in and out. The guitar joins in time for the bridge and another catchy chorus. The musical break is a nice, epic building piece that builds for a final chorus; and we’re done. The band – Alex Panza: vocals, Dani Meseguer: guitar, Johnny Lorca: guitar, Satan: bass and John Synhx: drums – are all great musicians and “Twist Of Fate” is an album they should be proud of.

TRACKLIST

Take It All
Final Warning
Twist Of Fate
Flight To Freedom
Svccvbvs
Evil Within
On The Run
In The Heat Of The Night
Rockin’ Out The City
Heroes

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