Zephaniah - CD Review in Whatzup!
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:24 pm
Pick up the latest issue of Whatzup magazine and check out the review for Zephaniah's "Stories from the Book of Metal." The text is also posted below!
Zephaniah
Stories from the Book of Metal
There have been several books written about the history of heavy metal and rock music in general, but I can't think of one book that completely encompasses everything that should go into the true story of metal. If there is such a book in existence, it seems as if Fort Wayne's own Zephaniah have found it and are reading from it.
The band's debut album, Stories from the Book of Metal, is unlike anything I have heard from any other area band. Forging a unique path through Northeast Indiana's musical forest - with a tip of their collective hat to power-metal heavyweights like Helloween, Iced Earth and Hammerfall, not to mention a nod to the kings of all metal, Manowar - Zephaniah play a brand of music that has failed to reach a large audience in the U.S., although it is tremendously popular throughout Europe. If Dragonforce are a band you like, or at least have heard about from their days on the Ozzfest tour, then you have an idea of what Zephaniah are all about.
In case you haven't figured it out already, Zephaniah aren't writing love songs. Well, that's not entirely true; they wrote one love song, the catchy "Fight For Love,"Â
Zephaniah
Stories from the Book of Metal
There have been several books written about the history of heavy metal and rock music in general, but I can't think of one book that completely encompasses everything that should go into the true story of metal. If there is such a book in existence, it seems as if Fort Wayne's own Zephaniah have found it and are reading from it.
The band's debut album, Stories from the Book of Metal, is unlike anything I have heard from any other area band. Forging a unique path through Northeast Indiana's musical forest - with a tip of their collective hat to power-metal heavyweights like Helloween, Iced Earth and Hammerfall, not to mention a nod to the kings of all metal, Manowar - Zephaniah play a brand of music that has failed to reach a large audience in the U.S., although it is tremendously popular throughout Europe. If Dragonforce are a band you like, or at least have heard about from their days on the Ozzfest tour, then you have an idea of what Zephaniah are all about.
In case you haven't figured it out already, Zephaniah aren't writing love songs. Well, that's not entirely true; they wrote one love song, the catchy "Fight For Love,"Â