Charred Walls Of The Damned
"Charred Walls Of The Damned"
(Metal Blade)

Metal Blade Records is proud to bring to the world Richard Christy’s new project, Charred Walls of the Damned! This all-star metal outfit features some of the most talented musicians in the world of metal. Their collective experience is colossal and their musical pedigrees speak louder than any verbal or written praise. Along with founder Richard Christy (ex Death and Iced Earth) is none other than Tim "Ripper" Owens (ex JP) on nuclear powered vox and techno death bassist Steve Digiorgio (Sadus). Making up this fearsome quartet is Richard's guitarist and producer / engineer friend Jason Suecof, who has worked with Trivium, The Black Dahlia Murder, Chimaira, DevilDriver and God Forbid to name a few - and does a damned fine job of holding his own on axe! As you can imagine, Charred Walls Of The Damned sound good but the reality is that they could be damned near the perfect contemporary heavy metal band! What I really like about them is that they've not chosen to follow any particular genre but rather have started on a basic high octane metal foundation and have just excelled in each of what they do best while keeping it together - quite superb! As such Tim "Ripper" Owens actually sounds the best I've ever heard him not just in terms of his voice but finding a style (ironically in a band with no style) in anthemic tracks like 'Creating Our Machine', 'Fear In The Sky' and the awesome 'In A World So Cruel'. Too damned good.

-Shan Siva