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Well, call me presumptious (yes I am, so what? 
). But I believe (if I'm mistaken shoot me ) no one has made a thread regarding Sickboy band before: Stimulans
They have a Promo 2004 (available on their really good website for download) with four songs that are first and above, all modern old school metal. Clean vocals over well played guitars with and undoubtely classic Iron Maiden influence (and that in my book = right path). But also I sense some Deep Purple base in the songs, and what amazes the most is a newer band playing this type of melodic metal nowdays when most go to extreme sounds or mallcore.
'Back To You': very Maidenasque song (and again nothing bad with it), in which th vocals drive you over a precise riffing into a well crafted solo duet around 3:00. This song should remind Bruce and the boys what they lost since 1988.
'Sacrifice': starts with a mid-pace drive into another precise riff with a sweet classic vibe. I like a lot the work of the drummer with the cymbals around 2:14, also has a kind of Mid-Eastern melody in it, which is pretty cool. At 7:08 I guess the song wasn't conceived for radio, but is so catchy tan can be.
'Dust The Road': love the start (ta da, ta da, tada tada tada), and the vocals go so fine over the melody that I really can close my eyes and believe is the late 70's or early 80's. This is what made old school eternal. At 3:16 a nice bridge that leads to the solo, a really interesting one with good changes that suddenly cuts into the vocals again.
'Train': the vocal work has a itsy bitsy of grunge vibe (no offense please), besides that the song goes really well up to 2:39 when a great melodic guitar solo takes you to a change at 3:14 into a hard riff with a thrashy attitude (IMO) only to continue with the great guitar work and back to the vocals.
Definitively these four guys are on a very good path, hope they get noticed soon
). But I believe (if I'm mistaken shoot me ) no one has made a thread regarding Sickboy band before: Stimulans They have a Promo 2004 (available on their really good website for download) with four songs that are first and above, all modern old school metal. Clean vocals over well played guitars with and undoubtely classic Iron Maiden influence (and that in my book = right path). But also I sense some Deep Purple base in the songs, and what amazes the most is a newer band playing this type of melodic metal nowdays when most go to extreme sounds or mallcore.
'Back To You': very Maidenasque song (and again nothing bad with it), in which th vocals drive you over a precise riffing into a well crafted solo duet around 3:00. This song should remind Bruce and the boys what they lost since 1988.
'Sacrifice': starts with a mid-pace drive into another precise riff with a sweet classic vibe. I like a lot the work of the drummer with the cymbals around 2:14, also has a kind of Mid-Eastern melody in it, which is pretty cool. At 7:08 I guess the song wasn't conceived for radio, but is so catchy tan can be.
'Dust The Road': love the start (ta da, ta da, tada tada tada), and the vocals go so fine over the melody that I really can close my eyes and believe is the late 70's or early 80's. This is what made old school eternal. At 3:16 a nice bridge that leads to the solo, a really interesting one with good changes that suddenly cuts into the vocals again.
'Train': the vocal work has a itsy bitsy of grunge vibe (no offense please), besides that the song goes really well up to 2:39 when a great melodic guitar solo takes you to a change at 3:14 into a hard riff with a thrashy attitude (IMO) only to continue with the great guitar work and back to the vocals.
Definitively these four guys are on a very good path, hope they get noticed soon
