Review - Testeagles
“B-Sting”
EP on Krell
Records through Shock!
Adelaide
is a town whose music is known to occupy the heavier and/or darker end of the
genre scale, from Mark Of Cain at one end
to In:Extremis
and the likes at the other. Somewhere at the Mark
Of Cain end, with many a leaning toward
the extreme end, are Testeagles and their new EP “B-Sting” on Krell
Records through Shock!
Those bands on this scale must get totally
peeved at being compared to Mark of
Cain, one of the best-known bands and sometimes seemingly the only
alternative act out of the City of Churches. Here
on “B-Sting”, though, in the lead/title
track, Mirror, Death in the Midday Sun (Live at Triplej)
and the closer Wise Up, Testeagles
seems to be wanting to be the next Mark of SA. On Preen, however, their
own sound is created but the influence lingers.
Hard Core, hard rockin’
serious chunk comprises this 5-track EP. There is no wonder these guys are
getting the amount of work they are. Definite “3 Hours of Power” and
associated Metal-based programming-fodder«««