RAM
“ROD”
Album Review by Mike Hackenschmidt

8.5/10

Ram’s 5th full length album, Rod, pays homage to the classic Heavy Metal style while incorporating elements of speed and thrash. The back half of the Rod, or the B side of the LP if you’re into that, is a concept… ½ album… if you will. Ramrod the Destroyer parts 1 thru 6 are Heavy Metal magnum opus. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the lyrics anywhere and they’re hard to make out, for the most part. I think I hear “the bringer of doom” which would make sense given the title. No matter how you look at it, Ram is one of the first new millennium bands who stayed true to the old (true) style of metal. And that’s pretty fucking awesome.

TRACKLIST

Declaration of Independance
On Wings of No Return
Gulag
A Throne at Midnight
Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 1: Anno Infinitus
Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 2: Ignitor
Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 3: The Cease to Be8. Save Me (Rocket Ride)
Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 4: Voices of Death
Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 5: Incinerating Storms
Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 6: Ashes

Released: 3rd Nov 2017 via Metal Blade Records.

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