Sharing a name like DOOMZDAY JEZUZ that probably drawn quite a controversy from a few folks out there, but who really cares, this is music. As long as this Canadian band will keep on doing what they have been doing through their years of existence, it is fine with me and it is probable that other people will think the same. "King Of A Thousand Eyes" is the band's debut album and if you looked for something Hard N' Heavy, you just found it.

As far as this album goes, this is the 80s realm. Both material and solid production suited that wonderful era and the American version of it. There are strong similarities to such great acts as WHITESNAKE, DIO, WASP, DOKKEN, early BON JOVI and plenty of other US bands that ruled back in the day. With all the modern Hard rock / Metal acts that have taken over, it is good to know that the old Hard N' Heavy flame is still alive and well.

"King Of A Thousand Eyes" shared both the hardest bites of pure 80s American Heavy Metal / Hard Rock alongside a fine line of nice classical type of power ballads. Most parts of the tracks are constructed of riffs that have been a symbol of this sub-genre so I can't really say that these were innovative, yet, this band's lead guitarist, Mario Rondeau, did some amazing work on the constructive and wild solos as those took a large portion of my attention during the listening. Although I thought that some of wild hitters were a bit out of sync in their placing on some of the songs' structures, his abilities were quite evident.

The tracklist of the album supplied a small number of great hits in the likes of the sweet ballad of "River Of Tears", that if it had a more powerful chorus it could have been a super smasher. I am sure that with the attributes of the band's vocalist, Terry Zaldiner, it could have been done in the first place. In addition there is the closing semi-ballad "Send Me An Angel", which is yet another a well-done feature of an emotive track. Some of the heavier stuff as "Bid You Farewell", DIO inspired "King Of A Thousand Eyes" and the Glamish "Girls Got Trouble" were also great turn ups and presented the band's diversity between Metal and Hard Rock.

Nevertheless, I wasn't that impressed with the rest of the tracks. After a while, when the tempos aren't diverse enough, everything sounds almost practically the same and quite repetitive. I found tracks as "Different Shade Of Black" and the jumpy "Bug Eyed She Bat Queen" that  which weren't that bad yet, I didn't find anything exciting in them although the potential is there.

In overall, the so called "controversial" DOOMZDAY JEZUZ's  "King Of A Thousand Eyes" turned out quite well. They showed true talent on roaming in the classic 80s era of Hard N' Heavy. Therefore, I would expect them to perfect their means in their upcoming releases and have their way to create slightly better material.