10/7/2023 0 Comments A small deadly space remastered![]() ![]() They stay that way until “Human Crate”, which is slower but a really cool song with powerful vocals. That wouldn’t matter so much if the music stood up, but this song is pretty boring. The lyrical matter is that of abuse, but unfortunately this very important subject is relegated to the back seat by the title of the song. The title track has a wicked wicked cool sounding guitar solo, but it’s just one lick that repeats four times. I like side one, but side two wears on me. I still think of CDs in terms of being albums, of having a “side one” and a “side two”, and to me this sounds like a natural break between two album sides. “Never Again” is one of the few moments of Halford screams, and it’s like an injection of adrenaline! This is a Priest-quality album track. The guitar solos are straight out of the Hendrixian Book of Knowledge, it’s just great. Halford sings about how music gets him high, and goes for a tripping druggy sonic assault. “Blowout in the Radio Room” is actually psychedelic metal. “Mouthpiece” is different yet again, with a slippery riff and an accelerated pace. The opener “I Am Alive” is slow and massive, unlike anything on War of Words. The songs are powerful enough, and this time Rob is writing with his bandmates. Halford doesn’t scream much on A Small Deadly Space. I don’t like the vocal effects that reduce the power of Rob’s voice. The mix on this album bothers me, it has so much bottom end, but then not enough on top to balance it. Chausee and Tilse are too similar in tone, and so the followup album A Small Deadly Space renders me deaf if I try to listen to it in one sitting. This change negated one thing I loved about Fight, which was the interplay between two different guitar players. Russ Parrish was out, and in came youngster Mark Chaussee. ![]()
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