Dead City Ruins: Dead City Ruins

Quality hard rock with a good slice of the 70's and 80's, that's what you get with the Aussie group Dead City Ruins on their intriguing self-titled release. Dead City Ruins started out in London with a partly local line-up in 2007, though this version of the band didn't last and the Aussie component would eventually relocate to Melbourne, Australia. Dead City Ruins have since ventured back overseas and toured Europe with the likes of Skid Row and Ugly Kid Joe.

To their new album and "Happenzella" starts out slow but Dead City Ruins soon boost that tempo, next I thought I was listening to the vocals of one Ozzy Osbourne on the upbeat grooving rocker "Til Death". "D.I.B" is just so catchy thanks to the compelling guitar work, Dead City Ruins deliver a spirited performance on "Shot Through". Dead City Ruins also includes a song called "Dio" which is a damn fine tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio with a classic potent feel, the riffs are firing and those lyrics do inspire thoughts of the works from the legendary vocalist. Dead City Ruins finish with a faithful cover of AC/DC's "Rock 'N' Roll Damnation" where vocalist Whitfield Crane(Ugly Kid Joe) makes an appearance.

Dead City Ruins isn't about to break new ground, this is a very satisfying gathering of fun tunes from the Aussie rockers.

Track listing:
1. Happenzella
2. Til Death
3. D.I.B.
4. Hurt
5. Shot Through
6. Blue Bastard
7. Broken Bones
8. Dio
9. Bloody Tools
10. Rock 'N' Roll Damnation

Added: March 16th 2015
Reviewer: Scott Jessup
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