Seventh Son - Immortal Hours

 

Seventh Son is a Hard Rock band from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, and they have been delivering Hard Rock to our ears for 40 years, Bri Shaughnessy (lead singer) is the only remaining original member and the driving force behind this band.

Immortal Hours is an excellent compilation of the tracks recorded during the 80's by an underrated band that plays classic hard rock sound, loaded with great guitar riffs and solos and show us the magic of the band’s early years, a lesson of pure Hard ‘n’ Heavy as it has to be, great songwriting that puts a smile on your face.

Tracks 1-3, 5-9, 11-14 were recorded at The Radio Hallam Sessions from 1983-1985. And tracks 4 and 10 are "Man in the Street / Immortal Hours" the iconic single from 1982. There’s a little touch of early Saxon in the structure of some of the songs, with powerful drums and screaming guitars.

Fortunately, the band is still active after 40 years of activity, having released some great records along the way. Brian Shaughnessy wants to hit the stage as soon as possible and guaranteed that there will be a new album very soon.

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Seventh Son - See Emily Play

 

"See Emily Play" it’s an EP recorded by Seventh Son in 2016, and the title track it's a cover from Pink Floyd with dark and psycadelic sounds turned into rock, you can listen to Bri singing in a low range on this song.

"Keeping The Wolf From The Door" has a solid and direct hard rock riff, reminding the old school days, following the classic sound of the band, with a short and effective solo.

"Rebel Angel '16" is a new version of the classic "Rebel Angel" which appeared originally on the 1987 album Dangerous Kiss.

Last but not least we have a great live version of the fast and furious classic "Alive by Night", at the Board Walk Sheffield on may 2008.

Overall, this EP has a great listening and excellent production and shows the band in very good shape.

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Seventh Son - Living on a Time Bomb

 

Living on a Time Bomb it's the last EP recorded by Seventh Son in 2017, with current lineup, Bri O'Shaughnessy on vocals, Dave Fox on guitars, Rick Gregory on bass and Kev Lee on drums. It starts with the title track, a cool combination of catchy riffs and great melodies in the old school hard rock way.

Stage Crazy was recorded on the Metal to the Moon single session and has a direct heavy riff, this is the broadcast version at Radio Hallam.

The third track show us Seventh Son paying a great tribute to The Beatles turning the song Eleanor Rigby, into heavy rock, recorded live at the SNAFU, Rotherham, England on december 2009.

It ends with an interview to Bri and Rick at Radio Barnsley (in 2000).

A very diverse and solid EP that could be a good advance of what will be the new album.

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Seventh Son - Spirit World

 

"Spirit World" it's the latest studio album recorded by Seventh Son on 2009, and it has some great songs, as an example we have the title track "Spirit World" that has become one of the classic songs when the band plays live.

"The Last Witch in England" is a true story about a medium called Helen Duncan which was the last woman to be convicted of witchcraft in 1944 and it has an excellent dark doomy vibe.

This album contains a revisited version of the classic Dangerous Kiss (Dangerous Kiss... Revisited) with guest appearance of original guitarist Kev Shaughnessy, with different lyrics at the end of the song.

Speaking of guest appearances, we also have Graham Oliver of Saxon playing a solo on Unfinished Business, another great hard rock tune in evidence on this album.

Overall, this is a great hard rock album from start to finish, great songs like Kiss the Dead, Estranged, House in Darkness or Haunted by the Past that display strong songwriting and very competent musicianship, the band sounds very cohesive, very good quality sound, with an irreproachable rhythmic section and great vocals by Brian Shaughnessy, an excellent frontman than carries this great band for over 40 years.

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