Mind Noise Network
Furyon - Lost Salvation
By Daniel King - 25 January 2015
Are Furyon British rock’s best kept secret? Despite their huge debut album, Gravitas, being included with Metal Hammer upon release and a couple of their EPs free with Classic Rock worldwide, they don’t seem to have got the attention that they deserve. Lost Salvation could, and most definitely should, be the album that catapults these guys onwards and upwards.
A lot has happened to Furyon since Gravitas, band members changing and tours being cancelled due to illness are big examples. One thing that hasn’t changed is the quality on show.
Opening track All That I Have shows that vocalist Matt Mitchell’s vocals are still as big and the range is most definitely still there after problems in 2014. What is different to Gravitas though is the grittier, dirtier riffs. I think if I was going to compare them to another band it would be Alter Bridge but with a more personality. Title track, Lost Salvation, backs this up nicely and there are hints of Myles Kennedy in the vocals and Mark Tremonti in the riffs, although there’s a bit more bite to them than most of what AB have put out.
Like on Gravitas, there’s not even a hint of a weak track on the album and each track has a different atmosphere to it. The album feels like it has been laid out with care and not just thrown together as an afterthought. These Four Walls, Scapegoat, Resurrect Me & Left It With The Gods sound like they could all be from different albums if listened to individually, but the way they fit together on the album is fantastic.
Lee Farmer and Luca Faraone combine with sublime results throughout the album and with bassist Alex Bowen, the trio are constantly brilliant throughout the album, but never more so than the opening to Good Sky which has what is probably the strongest opening on the album. Dematerialize is a well structured ballad style track and, something which doesn’t get said very often, the closing track is one of the highlights of the album. What a treat it is when Wiseman pokes it's head in just before the end. Furyon have landed and 2015 has really started now.
If you were a fan of Gravitas, Lost Salvation does everything that was on show there and more. This is a massive record that should bring Furyon the attention that they deserve. Album of the year? A marker has been set right here and it is going to take some beating.
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