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"Red Hands Black Deeds" is the sixth full length studio album by the American rock band Shaman's Harvest. It was released on July 28, 2017, through Mascot Label Group.
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Red Hands Black Deeds sees the band release their sixth album in a career spanning over twenty years. By the time opener and title track “Red Hands Black Deeds” closes with its sombre atmospheric tones to lead into “Broken Ones”, you know this band isn’t messing about. This is a band who knows exactly what it’s doing. With post-grunge grunt on a hard rock backdrop, the opening salvo of this and “The Come Up” is a great introduction to the five-piece. They’re telling you in no uncertain terms what they’re all about. That’s why the following few tracks threw me off balance. It’s almost like hearing a completely different band with their folksy sound, reminding me of Hunter and the Bear’s recent debut. Sure, it’s got more weight behind it but it’s not quite what I was expecting. There’s some Southern rock built in for good measure. However, there’s a return to the gritty hard rock with “Blood Trophies” and “So Long”.
Red Hands Black Deeds is a good album, even if it does throw you with its weird pacing. I definitely want to hear more from the band if their past work is like the heavier stuff found here. Whilst the band have admitted to challenging themselves sonically, it doesn’t challenge what hard rock can be, trying to put two distinctive sounds together side by side rather than blending them.
Reviewed by moshville.co.uk
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