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‘Zero’ jumps, falters, speeds
By Cinda Timperley
Staff Reporter
Nevada Beach
“Zero Day”
Metal Blade Records
Great guitar gods, it’s an AC/
DC wanna-be.
Nevada Beach, hailing from the
New England area where rocky
beaches are and Nevada is not, is
the latest band to hit the metal
scene.
The quartet jump starts its debut
album “Zero Day,” with the pow
erful “Rough House.” Grinding
chords from Hank Dcckcn’s lead
guitar combine with his snarling
vocals to gun the mood for the
entire platter. Then he turns abso
lutely evil when he whines through
“Waiting for an Angel,” in the style
of AC/DC’s Brian Johnson.
Leading the melange of sound
is Geoff Safford on guitar, sup
ported by John Murphy on drums,
and a clean and simple bass line a
la Tony Rivers.
“On Zero Day” is a spooky,
crunching picture painted with
heavy guitars depicting a post
apocalyptic world where politics
and greed have as equal a chance at
survival as does anything else.
Nevada Beach then crashes through
“Action Reaction.”
“Only the Fool,” co-written by
Bob Halligan Jr. and Hank Dccken,
is a shadowy lament about a bro
ken heart—a man kicking himself
in the shins for leaving his lady.
Besides being an adept guitar
ist, Dccken also proves he can write.
Except for “Only the Fool,” he
penned all the verses for this mighty
concoction.
But lyrics such as “Are you lis
tening/Or have your ears gone blind/
We’re not lalking about the world
of TV crime,” from “Stand” indi
cate that there is always room for
improvement.
'‘Back for Blood” starts out with
pounding drums and vicious gui
tars, promising an auditory assault
from side two. Nevada Beach con
tinues the pummelling onslaught
through “Walking Dead” and
“Stand.”
The band loses speed — only
momentarily — on “Big Zero,” but
it is enough to dampen the energy
of side two. “Zero Day” concludes
with “Gagged and Bound,” a fast
paced metal thrasher that reclaims
the punch that opened the album.
Nevada Beach has the potential
of becoming a powerful force in
the ’90s. The band could grab to
day’s rock ‘n’ roll by its big hair
and drag it back to its ass-kicking
feet. But Nevada Beach also bal
ances on the edge of being pigeon
holed with the rest of the “Head
banger’s Ball” circuit.
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