What's the first thing that pops into your head when you think of Italy? It will probably be the scenery, the beauty and the great food. For me it's the same but I also think of great music as Italy has produced some great musicians and artists. So is the band featured in this review one of them? Only one way to find out so here we go it's time for a review.

The band in question is called BURNING BLACK, who is a quintet of Italian rockers from the Treviso part of Italy that formed in 2004. In 2008, their debut album, "Prisoners of Steel", was unleashed upon the world showing what this new fresh European band could do and a year later they came back with their second album, "MechanicHell", and now here in 2014, their third album, "Remission of Sin" is upon us.

The album clocks in at roughly 49 minutes playtime with a total of 11 tracks that consist of nothing but pure bred Heavy Metal but the question is, does it play and sound like an album that belongs in that genre? Well when you first listen to it, it certainly has all the right ingredients needed for a great European Heavy Metal album and the more you listen, the more you start to realize that the ingredients are a part of a great recipe which results in good music.

So to answer my earlier question, yes this does play and sound like an album that belongs in the Heavy Metal genre? Let's start with the music which is crisp, clear, heavy, fast and loud just like a normal Heavy Metal album but sometimes that can be a good thing as there have been cases where the recipe has otherwise failed or not been as successful.

Here that is far from being the case as you are treated to some pretty insane guitar riffs and some rather impressive vocals which yes at times may sound a bit hit and miss but overall it's not really something to worry about it as it's the performance which can often impress and come out on top over any little niggles you may find.

The album has a total of nine vocal songs including "Flag of Rock", "Mercenary of War", "Soulless Stone" and "Far Away" to name a few along with two instrumentals which include the opening introduction track "Do Lung Bridge" and "Spaceman's Theory" with the latter being a sweet little acoustic and electric guitar jam.

So what do I think of the new album from BURNING BLACK? It comes as no surprise that this would sound good as it is from a European band after all but that said some European bands have released slightly mediocre material that is far from perfect and not as enjoyable as others. With the good European bands however, you get quality music and although some of them may have their little faults here and there, you enjoy them for what they are especially if it's from a band you like or a band you've been a strong follower of. I am glad to say it's the same here as despite any issues I may have addressed in this review, I was impressed overall with this album and I will definitely come back to it and listen to it again.<