Metal Band of the Day (modern) - Heart of the Hero

Favorite Album - Wasn't Provided with One

Favorite Track - My Trust Must Be Earned

Key Member(s) - Drummer

Cool Point - Have gone by 2 other names, The Throne and Phalanx

Best Solo - None

Do They Do It Well? - They want to go for something new...it doesn't sound like what they claim to be influenced by. Maybe there was some misinterpretation as to what a Hair Metal band is?

Fashion (1 to 10) - 1, not diggin it at all. Don't even look like a band...they look like a bunch of kids I went to High School with...well the singer looks like he's in a band a little

Comments

I received a kind e-mail from one of these guys after a listing requesting bands to send songs. While I won't share the whole e-mail, I think they wanted to make clear: "Our whole goal as a band is to be the NEW hair metal or NWOBHM style (though, we're from San Diego, not Britain, haha) We're hoping that we portray a modern musical styling combined with our love for hair metal." So I will judge you as a hair or NWOBHM band.

NEW BAND DISCLAIMER
With a new band or a band trying to make it, I understand that the what's accessible to financially backed bands isn't accessible to you and I try to judge it not on engineering quality but what I hear. Of course you should always strive for the best quality everything.

I was able to listen to 2 high quality recordings from this group and did not particularly like what I heard...it's going to be harsh guys.

I'm going to play the songs as I review this one:

You're first song, "The Colour of Heartbreak", was not Hair Metal...in any way, shape, or form. What gave you this idea? There was way too much going on during the vocals and the guitar player has to get his chops down a little better. He's got to practice that tapping...it sounded horrible.

Vocals... I can't stand that horrible whiny sounding FOB shit for vocals sound. Grow some balls maybe? I hate that style of vocals. Absolutely hate it. I'd rather listen to auto-tuning rappers (did I catch some auto-tuning at the end of your second song)

Rhythms were very tight in parts and then sloppy in parts. It was progressive...but just gave me a headache. Sounded like a bunch of shit thrown together without transitions. I'm sorry, but I had to stop it around 5 minutes or so...so on to the next song.

Gay intro...maybe it will be funny. Woo, vocals AHHH. I can't tune them out either...Guitar sounds better though...you guys have to tame how many guitars you're going to track. It sounds very jumbled in parts.

This music has no organizational structure (I listen to Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash, etc. as well and have been for over 10 years, so don't assume it's because I can't take "the wrath, heartbreak, and heaviness". I don't dig this kind of teenage heartbreak shit.

I'm digging your bridge. WOW! Good bridge out of nowhere. Let's see how it pans out and transitions. Good transition but I'm going to have to stop wasting my Hair Metal reader's time with a non Hair Metal or NWOBHM band.

Solo sucked by the way...

You guys obviously want to go somewhere so stick to it. My opinion's only one, maybe you just found a niche that I don't belong in.

Remember to say “THEY ROCK HARD \m/” in the comments if you want to vote for them as the best from the 80s