Fight – K5 The War of Words Demos
Metal God Entertainment – 2007
By Adam McAuley
This compilation offers another side to Rob Halford’s endeavors, with some similarities to his solo efforts. We can see him taking a straightforward approach to what he’s portraying and the album comes out perhaps more standardly and harshly than his solo works and especially his stuff with Judas Priest and this seems to make them seem less interesting than his other material. They show him constantly maintaining his ability to entertain, however, as we can see the material here showing that Halford has possibilities of showcasing his talents in a few different ventures, despite perhaps not living up to expectations.
One thing you’ll notice on The War of Words demos is that there is an aggressive side to what he’s delivering and this results in slightly less of the memorable chorus type segments from Priest’s material for example, separating them slightly from his other stuff. Fight show their ability to rip through riffs and it gives them a certain slant to their work, although they aren’t necessarily better for it. Make no mistake, the ability to calm down and go into a ballad mode is still present here as well, however, as demonstrated by the final track. But still, Fight bring the hard side to their proceedings and this is what them slightly different than some of Halford’s other work. When taken next to Priest’s material, the album loses a bit of luster and the listener will gradually want to revert to the classics like Sad Wings of Destiny again. This is because that had a memorable classic sheen that older works had is slightly lost in the mix and the album loses its ability to attain its own independent feel.
Fans of the band’s older material or the more recent solo works of Halford have already exhausted his repertoire to some extent regardless, so there isn’t huge reason to check out this compilation.
Official Rob Halford Website
Official Metal God Entertainment Website
Metal God Entertainment – 2007
By Adam McAuley
This compilation offers another side to Rob Halford’s endeavors, with some similarities to his solo efforts. We can see him taking a straightforward approach to what he’s portraying and the album comes out perhaps more standardly and harshly than his solo works and especially his stuff with Judas Priest and this seems to make them seem less interesting than his other material. They show him constantly maintaining his ability to entertain, however, as we can see the material here showing that Halford has possibilities of showcasing his talents in a few different ventures, despite perhaps not living up to expectations.
One thing you’ll notice on The War of Words demos is that there is an aggressive side to what he’s delivering and this results in slightly less of the memorable chorus type segments from Priest’s material for example, separating them slightly from his other stuff. Fight show their ability to rip through riffs and it gives them a certain slant to their work, although they aren’t necessarily better for it. Make no mistake, the ability to calm down and go into a ballad mode is still present here as well, however, as demonstrated by the final track. But still, Fight bring the hard side to their proceedings and this is what them slightly different than some of Halford’s other work. When taken next to Priest’s material, the album loses a bit of luster and the listener will gradually want to revert to the classics like Sad Wings of Destiny again. This is because that had a memorable classic sheen that older works had is slightly lost in the mix and the album loses its ability to attain its own independent feel.
Fans of the band’s older material or the more recent solo works of Halford have already exhausted his repertoire to some extent regardless, so there isn’t huge reason to check out this compilation.
Official Rob Halford Website
Official Metal God Entertainment Website
