Dead City Ruins – Midnight Killer

May 9th, 2012 by jason

Impedance Records 2012

This Australian crew were actually formed back in 2008 in London. From there they returned home to hone their playing and these are the first results of their collective labours. The band are a four piece, hard rockin’ outfit with a bit of sleaze thrown in for good measure.

Musically the band sound like a mix of early Metallica (think ‘Seek and Destroy’) and a bit of stoner rock a la Queens Of The Stone Age and the results are pretty damn good. Opener ‘Where You Gonna Run’ jogs along at a fine pace with excellent riffing from the two guitarists Tommy and Jake. ‘Damn My Eyes’ follows which again has some heavy riffs and good melody lines throughout.

Two stand out tracks for me were ’Blues’ which starts off sounding like the Doors and builds to a rocking climax and ‘ My Lai Massacre’ which reflects on the events in My Lai village during the Vietnam war, not one of the Americans’ finest moments, and the effect it had on those involved, powerful stuff.

Dead City Ruins have delivered the goods with this disc. If you like straight forward, well played rock then this will float your boat and with the guys about to embark on a UK now is the time to hop onboard.

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David Wilson

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