Blackguard Smile Hard Rock / Co. Antrim

From BLACKGUARD SMILE facebook…

“BLACKGUARD SMILE are proud to continue a Heavy Metal heritage which goes back over 30 years. These guys have been brought up listening to a healthy diet of hard rock and metal and make no compromise towards current trends, instead focusing on producing straight forward no-nonsense Heavy Metal. The band cites it’s influences on everthing from the classic styles of OZZY, PRIEST and MAIDEN to the more contemporary BLS and AX7.”

Well played classic style rock/metal. Nothing new or groundbreaking but quite enjoyable. There’s a little bit of DANZIG to some of the vocals. Especially ‘Devil Be Bound’ and ‘The Reaper’. Line-up difficulties have hampered the band over the last while but Reuben seems to be determined to plough on regardless. Their most recent track ‘Amityville’ is available to stream from the bands Myspace page.

The ‘Burn It Down EP’ is available for free download from the bands Bebo page.