Still A Warrior
DSG
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March 18, 2015

In the true, Ritchie Blackmore/Yngwie Malmsteen's autocratic/despotic fashion, David Shankle is the only master on board. Shankle is the lone captain who's driving the DSG vessel in his own way, and the constant shift of musicians and the continuous, musical chair game in the line-up of David Shankle Group is the proof of this statement. However, as long as the music is good and loud, that's not our problem, right ?
The new disc "Still A Warrior", is quite good indeed, with loud on yer' face shredding guitars, outstanding and expanded solo spots, fast double pedal drumming and hyper high-pitched vocals in the tradition of WILD DOGS/REIGN OF TERROR/IMPELLITTERI/ONWARD/CHASTAIN/APOCRYPHA & CO...For my biggest pleasure I should admit!
The powerful, soaring vocals and the capacities range of the new singer Warren Halvarson (also frontman with underground legend DAMIEN THORNE) is perfectly in coherence with the demanding melodies and the complex songwriting method required for such high profile music genre.
If you are not familiar with the band DSG aka David Shankle Group here is a short description provided by the marketing agency:
Powerful and modern played US Power Metal meets sophisticated arrangements...The very well appreciated musician by all the Mano-warriors : David Shankle is back!
Of course, the technical, the intensive shred‐styled playing of the axe-master hero can be heard very well in many solos, an more precisely in extreme fast piece like the blistering "Demonic Solo" (taken from the in horror movie "Jezebeth") and in the demented instrumental, "The Hitman" at slot N°7.
This Neoclassical/Power American Metal promising group has already recorded two albums in the 2000's, Mr. Shankle ex-guitarist for MANOWAR (between 1988 and 1994) has returned, recruiting a polished new line-up and the result of this is quite the cracking slab of smoking US Metal release named "Still A Warrior", the talented shredder is tearing it up all over this release and display his excellent guitar work, and it never gets too tedious or self-indulgent like sometimes it happens on this kind of album.
After eight long years of waiting and hard work, Germany's finest label Pure Steel Records is very proud, to publish the DSG's third album "Still A Warrior", a manifesto of US Metal legacy coming from the noblest lineage, the release is set for 24th April 2015...Get ready for the final guitar battle!
8 / 10
Excellent
"Still A Warrior" Track-listing:
1. Still A Warrior
2. Ressecution
3. Glimpse Of Tomorrow
4. Demonic Solo
5. Fuel For The Fire
6. Eye To Eye
7. The Hitman
8. Suffer In Silence
9. Into The Darkness
10. Across The Line
DSG Lineup:
David Shankle - Lead Guitars
Warren Halvarson - Lead Vocals
Gabriel Anthony - Drums
Michael Streicher - Bass
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