Do you know that feeling you get when run into a band that's already fully matured and working for years while you never even heard of them. Going like "Fuck, these guys are great, why have I never heard of them ????" Well, that's what I felt with GORGON from southern France. Maybe the reason for their being totally unknown can be found in the fact that they come from France, a place that isn't exactly well-known for great Heavy Metal. Yes alright, they DID have TRUST, SORTILEGE, VULCAIN, H-BOMB and I don't know how many others, but that was BEFORE 1985 !! In the 13 years since not much was happening.... But now the GORGON rears it's ugly head and I strongly recommend you to take a closer listen !! This, their first CD was put out by the band themselves in 1995. Previous to that they did a demo in 1992 and a 7" on WOUNDED LOVE in 1993. The sound maybe is a bit thin, I would've voted for more low frequencies, but when you turn up the bass a little on your home stereo, the effect is the same, so what the fuck ?! The music, the only thing that really matters, is thrashy but of a quite unique sort. Now that I probably should come up with a comparison, I really can't. Chris vocals sometimes are quite hysterical, maybe in the vein of HELLWITCH or even MACABRE but the music is a lot more heavy metal based, less technical. You don't get 200 breaks per minute, it's more flowing and more logical. They sometimes have a similar approach than Sweden's THE BLACK (does anyone still remember them ?) had although they're far from being a copy.

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