Artist: NEWSTED
Album: HEAVY METAL MUSIC (CD)

Release date: 2013
EAN/UPS: 888837559225
Media type: CD

Though he made his biggest splash during his tenure as the bassist for Metallica, Jason Newsted has been a ubiquitous metal sideman, playing alongside Ozzy Osbourne and Voivod. At the helm of Newsted, his eponymous solo project, he finally gets to take center stage with his aptly titled full-length debut, Heavy Metal Music. Armed with a massive collection of riffs and a growl that sounds a bit like former bandmate James Hetfield, Newsted comes bursting out of the gate with an album that makes good on the simple premise put forward by its title with a collection of songs that feels like classic meat-and-potatoes heavy metal. There are no attempts here to reinvent the genre or reshape the way you look at music. Instead, the album just offers up a heaping pile of midtempo heaviness that harkens back to Metallica's middle years.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Heroic Dose"   5:24
2. "Soldierhead"   4:16
3. "...As the Crow Flies"   5:58
4. "Ampossible"   4:00
5. "Long Time Dead"   4:32
6. "Above All"   4:35
7. "King of the Underdogs"   5:57
8. "Nocturnus"   6:13
9. "Twisted Tail of the Comet"   5:14
10. "Kindevillusion"   5:20
11. "Futureality"   5:25

Total length: 57:03

LINE-UP:

Jason Newsted - lead vocals, bass
Jesus Mendez Jr. - drums
Jessie Farnsworth - guitar, vocals
Mike Mushok - guitar