SAVANT - THE DAWNING
An appropriate name of an album for a band just issuing their debut release. Savant have a great sound which is a little reminiscent of a cross between Kiss & Metallica around their Black album. Some fairly obvious gothic overtones foreshadow the various songs here, particularly evident in titles like "The More I Die", "Prayer" & my personal pick from the 8 tracks here, "The Fordbidden One". Although the opening track "Once Was" seems a little nervous, the rest of the albums show up as very competent metal of the Metallica ilk, grandiose riffs punctuated by a fairly hard bassline at times, especially on the finale of the longer tracks in the tradition of great metal bands. This is yet another interesting look at a genre that too many critics have tried to pronounce dead & failed miserably. It's only through bands with the urge of Savant that metal has & will continue to survive. Nice one guys. For more information on Savant, contact Oxso Management, 36 Werneking Place, Little Ferry, NJ 07643, USA or h8tred@aol.com Bye for now, Terry Allen

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