Album Review
Slaves To Gravity - Scatter The CrowSlaves To Gravity - Scatter the Crow

Slaves To Gravity are a band you have to love, the band are a four piece dirty sounding rock band from London, the band is made up of Tommy Gleeson (vocals, guitar), Toshi Ogawa (bass, vocals), Jason Thomopoulos (drums) and Mark Verney (guitar, vocals) each member of the band has their own individual look whilst keeping to the black dressed theme of the band, they have an outstanding live show that you wont forget in a hurry and have already had three hit singles, the first being their debut single 'Big Red' which is a big sounding pure rock song, the second 'Meantime' features some chunky guitar riffs and quite a rocking yet catchy chorus and the third single 'Mr Regulator' is a spot on anthemic song that has been the best release out of the bands three singles.

The hyped up debut album Scatter The Crow is finally here it runs at over 50 minutes and features 13 huge sounding rock songs, if you have liked the bands previous single releases then you will love Scatter The Crow as it features the 3 singles plus 10 other classic tracks.

Big monstrous meaty guitar riffs open up the album with 'Heaven Is A Lie', which also sets the pace for the next 50 minutes, the whole album is full of meaty riffs and a lot of groove which is so easy to get into, most songs on the album features the same style of music but ends up sounding huge in their own way.

There are a few chilled out moments on the album, the first is 'Doll Size', the song sounds a lot different from anything else Slaves To Gravity have done and could easily be compared to Chris Cornell's current solo material due to the stripped down guitars and frontman Tommy Gleeson's vocals sounding so close to that of Chris Cornell. The second chilled out song is 'LG Halo' another outstanding song with some great guitar solos.

Every album has a stand out moment and the stand out moment here has to be 'Burning Robe' the song starts with some fast and heavy constant drumming, the fast guitars soon come in and before you know it Tommy Gleeson's vocals come in faster than you have heard before, the song is full of groove and melody and instrumentally sounds like something the Zico Chain would play.

The album finishes with the third and final chilled out song on the album 'Rosa And The Ocean Blue' the song features Tommy Gleeson strumming an acoustic guitar and softly spoken vocals which brings the album to an interesting end.

The band seem to out do themselves with each release and Scatter The Crow is going to follow in the footsteps of the bands previous releases and shoot straight to the top of the UK rock album chart. It’s been a long time since a new British rock band has come along full of potential with huge meaty riffs, catchy hooks and an overall huge sound that is recreated song after song.

Slaves To Gravity have a bright future and 2008 is going to be their biggest year to date.

5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Slaves To Gravity - Band
Tommy Gleeson (Lead Vocals, Guitar)
Toshi Ogawa (Bass,Backing Vocals)
Jason Thomopoulos (Drums, Percussion)
Mark Verney (Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals)
 Track Listing
1. Heaven Is A Lie
2. She Says
3. Big Red
4. Meantime
5. Too Late
6. Doll Size
7. LG Halo
8. My Poor Hand
9. Gutterfly
10. Mr. Regulator
11. Burning Robe
12. Pluto
13. Rosa & The Ocean Blue
 Band Related Links
Slaves To Gravity Myspace
Slaves To Gravity Official Website
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?