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TREAZON
Victim Of Treason (2023)

Expect this Glasgow, Kentucky-based metal band to make huge waves in the next few years because this three-track demo rocks. It’s as if one has discovered an 80s metal gem on an old cassette only to find the band in question imploded before they released an album.

This feels obscure with its warm and rich 70s feel but it also boasts an early 80s aesthetic as opener ‘Desperate Eyes’ smoothly injects itself into the veins with its strong vocal melody courtesy of guest singer Craig Cairns. A multitude of bands would kill for the chemistry and authenticity that’s on offer here, because this demo just sounds so natural due to its creators Dylan Nightingale (guitar) and Brody Busser (guitar, bass, drums and keyboards) finding an organic magic.

Tidy gallops duel with more spatial and subtle manoeuvres littered with crisp solos, but still that retro air lingers like a comforting mist. ‘Spiritual Chains’ boasts a brisk catchiness, somehow harkening to a technical metal structure but actually without a bewildering complexity. Somehow gothic, the track meanders in such a busy nature with the tricky percussive taps and Cairns’ clear yet reaching vocals. Include this track on a proto metal compilation or even a vintage doom metal album and it would somehow fit in based solely on its earthy feel.

The title track rumbles like thunder to the heavy roll of Busser’s drums, and again there is that stuffy gallop coupled with a nonchalance despite the obvious grandiosity. It’s extremely clever and evocative heavy metal casually channelling the artful steel of 80s Euro metal too.

With so many shadowy rhythms and dark shades to offer, Treazon remains an uplifting experience, while the scent is one of old leather and the musk of dusk. Stay tuned, I sense big things are about to happen to Treazon, but if they don’t, then I’ll drown myself in a vat of beer.

For those of you interested, the Victim Of Treason demo is available here.

Neil Arnold

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