Friends of the night, when reading this words the knife in my pants swings open! I cite the Promo flyer’s first sentence: “Metal attitude and brand new melodies are what the Italian Metaller GODDASS characterizes.” The expert writing this and the following sentences seems to be out for dragging the Italian “new blood band” into mud. To clarification: we are talking about Metalcore! If I feel free to be a fool, then on high level please. Ok, the band isn’t to be able to help it.
Founded back in Turin in 2004 the 20-years-averaged Italian stallions released two self-produced records and an EP before recording My Beautiful Sin as their first opus since signed by Firefield Records. Already with their first albums GODDASS managed to gather quite cool results until a headliner tour over Great Britain in 2007. Maybe this was the reason for the Swabian label to place Matt Hyde as producer behind the mixing desk. Machine Head, Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium as his references Firefield plan on doing something big with GODDASS. And yes, the production scores all along the line. But what is about the full-bodied promises in discovery new sound worlds? So new, lo and behold, they aren’t anymore. Furthermore the four Italians keep busy in mixing Metal to the melody to unite the two poles adroitly. And this works. They feel fit when playing, beyond doubt. Melodic hooklines are as cool played as phat Metal parts, even until a rather untypical track on My Beautiful Sin, the supersonic song You (Hate), which brings itself back into the melody line with increasing playing time. I can’t believe in this track absolutely, because right here is that what I chalk GODDESS up to. As good as they play their instruments and as good they act, as unspectacular and free from surprising moments this album is. You (Hate) means to be the balance to the cuddle track Never And Over. The breeze of an ice-cold calculation grows to more and more to a draft. Well arranged double-bass and song structures, breakdowns, riffs and vocals knocked up by melodies… on a good level. Does this available stuff suffice for the entertained idea of a US-tour and the saturated scene? I will pick up this one and only element of surprise willingly.