03/03/2012 21:30

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow: 'Skull 13'

The long-, long-awaited new Sleepy Hollow album called 'Skull 13' will be released worldwide on 23th of March 2012 through Pure Steel Records.

When you hear the name Sleepy Hollow every US metal-maniac will go nuts. The band only released one demo 'A Legend Retold' in 1989 and the self-titled album in 1991. But unfortunately, after that they got buried and forgotten. Now, 20 years later, they return with their second full length album 'Skull 13' featuring ex-Attacker-vocalist Bob Mitchell. They also have a new bass-player now: Mike LePond of Symphony X.

And these eleven tracks included on 'Skull 13' don't promise too much at all: These American guys play fresh, classic and powerful metal with a slightly modern and powerful production on one and the Judas Priest-like high-pitched vocals and great guitar arrangements on the other hand. There are fast songs (like e.g. the opener 'Death of a Horseman' or 'Rear Window'), as well as groovy mid-tempo songs ('Facemelter') and the varied 10-minute epic 'The Legend Retold', that fit perfectly together by their harmonies. The quartet combines the most important influences of the old school in about one hour of approximate playing time into the present. A vinyl-version will be released by High Roller Records.

Track listing:
1. Death of the Horseman
2. Facemelter
3. Black Passage
4. Bleed Steel
5. Rear Window
6. Inquisition 05:22
7. Epic (The Legend Retold)
8. Eternal Bridge
9. Misery Waltz
10. Spiral Effect
11. Midnight

(source: Pure Steel Records)