Sidewalk Mafia - 72 Hours - Reviewed By Metal Digest! Thursday April 13 2023, 5:44 PM
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Sidewalk Mafia - 72 Hours - Reviewed By Metal Digest!

Sidewalk Mafia - 72 Hours - Reviewed By Metal Digest ! Check it out here at this link: https://metal-digest.com/2023/03/06/sidewalk-mafia-72-hours/

Finland’s Sidewalk Mafia, a duo comprised of Tommy Paroles (Vocals and Guitars) and Johannes Wolfpathon – (Drums and Vocals) brought us debut full-length “72 Hours” last year to precious little fanfare. Something of a shame it went under so many radars, this is a quality album of Blackened Goth/Doom Metal that should appeal to any of us looking for something a little out of the ordinary. 

Drawing a strong influence from the earliest days of Goth evolving from Rock into Metal with Paradise Lost and Type “O” Negative; they do so with some righteously powerful riffage. Featuring vocals most firmly in the “Blackened” camp (with some tidy harmonies for choruses and bridges as light relief), and a talent for tempo shifts throughout individual songs, this is no tribute to an early time; more a “what if?” for the Goth Metal sound to have evolved differently. 


There is an unapologetic “Epic” sweep to the first few songs; “Remember Me” has an almost Cinematic/Symphonic feel, and each subsequent song uses the outline of this grand tonality and increasingly tectonic riffing to take the tone further and further towards the primal roots of the Gothic. “Redaround” opens with a stupendously solid slab of guitar that could wake the dead in the next county; borrowing more from hard Stoner/Doom tradition than other songs here to great effect. “Cruel Sacrifices” sees the Epic chords return one last time before the closing power trio of “Lost in the Dark”, rousing shout-along “The Hounds” and bombastic two-minute stormer “Bloodsucker”. 

With excellent musicianship and transparent production “72 Hours” is fairly consistent and doesn’t ever drag. Maybe the mix of styles gets a little confused on a couple of tracks, leaving them a little forgettable; but when this album hits full power such as the stunning “Remember Me” it is easy to forgive. Metal Digest

Release Date: May 27th, 2022

FFO: Paradise Lost, Type O Negative, Cradle Of filth, Opeth, Carcass, Him

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Sidewalk Mafia is a blackened doom/goth metal band from Helsinki, Finland. The band operates as a duo, but in a live situation, the band is a trio with a guest bassist. The band's sound is extremely heavy and oppressive
with a low tuned guitars and a wall of sound style production, but also melodic and at the same time atmospheric. Sidewalk Mafia was founded in 2020 by vocalist/guitarist Tommi Paroles and drummer/vocalist Johannes Wolfpathon. 

The band just released their debut full-length album "72 Hours" as a digital version in May 2022 via Italian label Sliptrick Records. The band's previous single releases have been well received worldwide.

The band says:
The new album represents our roots. We are children of the 90's, and our influences come from the heavier and alternative rock of the time, as well as metal bands, sounds and moods. There are also lots of acid rock,
goth vibes, and darker and gloomy sounds as well in the album. The album isn't systematically a theme album, but it kind of went into that direction as we were recording it. The theme of the album is what's happening these days inside people's heads. Mental health problems have exploded and are affecting pretty much everyone around us. The subject is unavoidable, and there is no end to it in this crazy world.

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Follow the band at these links:

https://www.facebook.com/Sidewalk-Mafia-109887307946993
https://www.instagram.com/sidewalkmafia/
https://sliptrickrecords.com/release/sidewalk-mafia-72-hours/
https://sliptrickrecords.com/sidewalk-mafia/
https://open.spotify.com/album/5j1W93aXBzkepV9TUNtNru
https://music.apple.com/us/album/72-hours/1623143123
https://sliptrickrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sidewalk-mafia-72-hours
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJ4xNp4wEd9FuEYpH9Oveoe0mw9xe0ULg
https://www.deezer.com/fi/album/317084217?autoplay=true


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