My first acquaintance with
Fireball Ministry was in United States March 2004. The bands album "The second great awakening" was getting lots of airplay on XM satellite radio "The Boneyard" so while driving around the
Chicago area
Fireball Ministry was guarantor for at least one song a day and
Flatline soon became a favorite.
"Their Rock is not our Rock" is the new album from the
Los Angeles quartet and the music is still based on old deeds - pure Rock with power chords in a shape alike Black Sabbath´s doomy Heavy rock. That is also emphasized by singer James A. Rota II, who at first sounds like a relative to Ozzy Osbourne. However, as
Fireball Ministry´s music gets more under your skin his own vocal style becomes conspicuous.
Fireball Ministry has their own sound - especially on the tuned down guitars
The swaggering album opener
It flies again displays
Fireball Ministry from their best side.
Broken is among the album highlights with its driving rhythm and great chorus. James A. Rota´s voice is tough and comes all the way from his beer belly. His voice ranges from the deep raw vocal to lighter Ozzy-sounding vocals. The music is characterized being very authentic to the 70´s tradition and real.
The tough mid-tempo
Hellspeak is another fine example of
Fireball Ministry's great blend of sneering riff, driving rhythms and the harmonies on the great chorus makes
Hellspeak a standout track.
The last batch of songs isn't as strong with
Rising from the Deep as only highlight and except for
Save the Saved the albums gets a little out of breath. A song like
Under the Thunder is build on a mediocre riff and while the song should peak on the chorus, the music slows down and underlines a general weakness in
Fireball Ministry's material - namely that it becomes too monotone.
Written by
Michael Friday, February 17, 2006
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