Furies – Fortune’s Gate (Album Review)

It’s no secret that I have a large soft spot for all-female Heavy metal bands and for female-fronted Metal acts in general. And so when I was asked to take a cheeky listen to FURIES first studio album I was quite excited.  So I settled down to listen to this very enjoyable slab of Classic metal liberally splashed with Euro power metal and speed metal.
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I had read that this 4 piece from Paris France were a thrash band hybrid. Not true, by no means are they THRASH and not easy to pigeon hole. Yes they greatly draw from all the modern staples Judas Priest and Iron Maiden (a little too much on Fire in the sky) take a listen and you will find out what I mean not a bad thing I might add.

So don’t go into listening to this record with the wrong ideas just enjoy it for what it is a BLOODY good fun ride. Everything is very well produced and mixed the solos are crisp and quite breathtaking especially on Voodoo Chains. Really though what we have all come for is the power the presence and old school vocals of frontwoman and bassist Lynda Basstarde. She can really command your attention, what a set of pipes she has. Would make some of the best male singers flush with envy.
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Euro metal really is taking on a life of its own in an over flooded metal landscape, and it takes something special for a band to stand out. With Lynda Basstarde they have that. Furies are by no means reinventing the wheel, they just make good old-fashioned rock n roll what more can you can really ask for.

Now more then ever females in music are cutting a groove that’s deeper and ever-increasingly more influential. So make sure you take time for bands like Furies in your daily, weekly, monthly streaming. The cascading triplets of both guitarist Billy Lazer and Sam Flash show a band that is technical yet heavy The thumping syncopation of Zaza Bathory take’s the music along at breakneck speed. But the real joy of this record happens when the band slows down and becomes heavier. With the stand out track Superstition, we get a little of the influence of KING DIMOND and if you where on the fence before this should push you right over.

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Release Year: 2020
Label: self-released
Category: Album
Country: France

Reviewed by Tony Evans