Devil Red

C'è una cosa che Hap Collins e Leonard Pine non riescono mai a farsi bastare: i problemi. In un modo o nell'altro finiscono sempre col cacciarsi in situazioni in cui nessuno vorrebbe cacciarsi. Cosí quando il loro amico Marvin Harmon propone loro di occuparsi di un duplice omicidio irrisolto ci si buttano a capofitto. La faccenda però puzza di guai da lontano un miglio. Entrambe le vittime stavano per ereditare un bel gruzzolo e una delle due era invischiata in uno strampalato culto di adoratori di vampiri dall'aria tutt'altro che lecita. Come se non bastasse, dallo sfondo delle foto della scena del crimine emerge un dettaglio ancora piú inquietante: la testa di un diavolo, del colore del sangue, dipinta su di un albero…

The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd—especially their affection for Southern soul music—lives on in the Red Clay Strays. The Mobile, Alabama, band's 2022 debut, Moment of Truth displayed enough potential to bring on in-demand producer Dave Cobb for its follow-up, Made by These Moments; tracked in Cobb's Savannah, Georgia studio, the sound is carefully balanced and clear. The band's music is anchored by the soul-shouting vocals of Brandon Coleman, whose tight vibrato can take on a crying quality that adds pathos to these songs of pain, doubt and hope for redemption. In a power ballad like "No One Else Like Me," he describes himself and his mission: "I'm a broken writer, I'm a restless fighter, and I'm looking for a little hope/ I'm a shadowed thinker, I'm a one-eyed blinker at the end of his rope/ I'm a dead man walking, I'm a preacher talking about love and how to be free." Of course, this being Southern rock there's a bit of the devil in these boys.

The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd—especially their affection for Southern soul music—lives on in the Red Clay Strays. The Mobile, Alabama, band's 2022 debut, Moment of Truth displayed enough potential to bring on in-demand producer Dave Cobb for its follow-up, Made by These Moments; tracked in Cobb's Savannah, Georgia studio, the sound is carefully balanced and clear. The band's music is anchored by the soul-shouting vocals of Brandon Coleman, whose tight vibrato can take on a crying quality that adds pathos to these songs of pain, doubt and hope for redemption. In a power ballad like "No One Else Like Me," he describes himself and his mission: "I'm a broken writer, I'm a restless fighter, and I'm looking for a little hope/ I'm a shadowed thinker, I'm a one-eyed blinker at the end of his rope/ I'm a dead man walking, I'm a preacher talking about love and how to be free." Of course, this being Southern rock there's a bit of the devil in these boys. In "Ramblin'" a story that goes the whole way back to Robert Johnson's blues, Coleman, Drew Nix (guitar and vocals), Zach Rishel (guitar), Andrew Bishop (bass), and John W. Hall (drums) crank up the tempos and fuzzy guitar effects and rock out. There are also moments when the moody shadows of the Allman Brothers cross a tune, like in "Devil in My Ear," where Coleman concludes, "Depression and anxiety/ I can't shake the grip that they got on me/ I know the devil's gotten in my brain." Near the end of the album, Red Clay Strays unexpectedly cross over into Contemporary Christian Music as in the hand clap and slide guitar rave up, "On My Knees," where they repeatedly emphasize that they, "Praise The Lord, for bringing me peace." And on closer "God Does," Coleman fervently sings, "Wherever I'm lacking/ It's he who makes me whole/ Shining through the darkness/ Cleaning out my soul," mixing CCM and Southern rock into an original sound.

This is the long awaited follow-up to The Devil And The Almighty Blues' highly acclaimed self-titled debut album, and these guys have not gone astray! The album 'II' gives a peep through the pinhole at a band's honest, dark and pure expression, drawing influences from the original delta blues via the electrical revolution in the late sixties/ early seventies, to the more contemporary desert scene.

MADRE, TERCERA PARTE. She-Devil persigue a los brujos en los pantanos del río Koroths. Necesitará la ayuda de un esclavo renegado para luchar contra los nigromantes. Es una batalla de artes oscuras, contra acero endurecido.

Grammy-nominated, RIAA-gold-certified alternative metal band RED will release its first full-length studio recording in three years, "Rated R", on September 29 via RED Entertainment / The Fuel Music. The lead single, "Surrogates", premiered on this week's SiriusXM Octane Test Drive and is available beginning today (August 4) at digital and streaming outlets globally.

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