THE OATH-THE OATH-

Released in March 2014 this outfit originated from Germany with Swedish guitarist Linnéa Olsson as Headmaster.

A fresh mix of 70´s style and early 80´s songwritting this is will be a lost gem in the future to come. The band dissolved after this release and this create a certain mysticism. The album was released on Rise above records and the similarity to bands like Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats are undeniable.

The star of this album is guitarist Linnéa Olsson, who possesses a great drive in her playing and push the band forward. An Excellent performence. Vocalist Johanna Sadonis is living on the edge on her performance due to an almost out of tune vocalstyle. Very personal but a bit lame. More attitude in some songs wouldn´t hurt the production which is flawless by the way.

Whatabout the drummer, Andrew Prestidge?? A sort of Comfort playing style is upon this album. There is a lack of engagement and the feeling of no, what so ever effort towards attitude is rubbing me the wrong way. The delivery is good and the striking as good as the next one but it will not be remembered as a drummers album.

This Picture perfect duo was not to be which is sad. There are strong songs here and Linnéas guitar is a real treat. The rumour has it that Linnéa Went on as one of the Ghouls of Ghost…:-)

If you are interested in Hard/doom/psych rock with a dosage of prog this is an album for you. For the rest of us it´s Worth exploring because of the freshness it brings to the genre.

VINYLRATING/GRADE

5-OK!-WORTH EXPLORING-