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Lost Circus - Self Titled - Reviewed By metallus! Wednesday July 19 2023, 6:52 PM

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Not much is known about these Americans: in fact, if we exclude that they come from Tennessee, that they once opened for Accept and that the members of the band are all more or less veterans of the local scene, the information regarding Lost Circus remain quite scarce and incomplete. Which is not said to be a bad thing, since – placing themselves as the ideal listening for lovers of Queensryche, Guns N Roses and Judas Priest – already the task of holding up to comparison sounds difficult enough in itself, without the need to add or promise more. With all the freshness of judgment that this blissful ignorancebrings as a dowry, then let's say that with this first album - eight songs, for just half an hour - the dark quintet from Nashville (city otherwise known for country music) fronted by the imposing Tom Gregory presents itself with " Broken Shadows ", a mid-tempo with a classical construction in which a rhythmically granite verse melts into a melodic refrain which is perhaps a little sparse from the point of view of the arrangements. The fact that the drum sound is kept slightly in the background doesn't help to make an explosive first expression…

What's there is all well made, however: the disc is well produced, the sounds are clean (albeit unbalanced in favor of voice and rhythmic guitar) and even the vocal lines respond to the canons of an uncreative hard-rock but expertly crafted. The thirty minutes of execution and a certain mechanism that distinguishes all the songs in the lineup are the first indicators of an album which, if on the one hand introduces a reality capable of making a good product, on the other reveals a lack of depth which facilitates listening too much and a confusing image. Under the first aspect, we find ourselves halfway through the album without anything really happening, nor leapt to the ear to stay there: “ Lei she lei 's A Fire” is listened to with pleasure, for example, but solos and rhythms are of such simplicity that the notebook remains empty and the enthusiasm comes out immediately dampened. Because in the end, and here we go straight to the second point, the attention paid to the image of the band (which also shines through from the colors and the composition of the image on the cover) doesn't find a direct transposition into the overall listening quality. In fact, a handful of adjectives such as derivative , scholastic and uninspired would be enough to define a work which, on balance, does nothing but join the group without attempting anything new or different: and if in a local pizza and beer dimension it is not necessarily essentialreinventing the wheel , for a formation that aspires to get noticed on the international scene the flat contents of “ Lost Circus ” (the solo of “ Scream ” bored and distracted me, instead of enthusing me) are not the best calling card.

Among the positive aspects that can be pointed out, however, remain the very good performance by Gregory (“ Ashes In Rain ”), who in terms of physiognomy and timbre reminded me quite a bit of Peter “Peavy” Wagner, and an appreciable squaring (“ Get Over Me ”) which certainly didn't lead the Lost Circus to overdo it, perhaps even cutting their momentum, but it could serve to give a more sparkling - but equally solid and well-planted - sequel to this debut. The relative simplicity underlies this album, however well packaged in all its individual components (“ This Place Is Mad” is probably the most complete and incisive episode), does not make it an experience to be recommended with great or contagious enthusiasm: eliminated any (sacrilegious) reference to Queensryche, Guns N Roses or Judas Priest, what remains is an interesting and fortunately, a concise feasibility test that demonstrates how the Lost Circus , expert musicians on the other hand, have the foundations to create – in the future – something that can be characterized with greater personality and character. Let's say that with " Lost Circus " the American quintet has more than anything else taken measures with their own means and an ambition that remains to be demonstrated: an exercise perhaps necessary for their journey, but not so interesting as to make it necessary to I listen. metallus

Release Date: April 27, 2023.

FFO: Queensryche, Guns N Roses, Judas Priest

Location: Nashville, TN, USA

Lost Circus hails from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Built on the combined powers of musical veterans of the rock and metal scenes, who’ve honed their craft both onstage and in studio with a wide range of experiences, they bring forth a modern take on music from a heralded era…when singers' notes soared, guitarists were gunslingers, bass was punchy, and the drums were thunderous. Having had a successful live debut and an incredible opening slot for the legendary band ACCEPT in Nashville, Lost Circus is ready to head out into the night to share their songs with any who will listen and make new friends and fans everywhere they go in this mad place we all call home.

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