LEATHÜRBITCH – Into The Night

LEATHÜRBITCH - Into The Night
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    LEATHÜRBITCH - Into The Night - 2/10
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Highroller Records
Release date: May 31, 2019

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6.5/10 (2 votes)

Into The Night is the first full length record from Portland, Oregon’s self proclaimed Sleaze Speed Metal band Leathürbitch. Formed in 2015, Leathürbitch features a lineup of seasoned musicians, including guitarists Patrick Sandiford (Inebriator, Slutvomit) and Alex Ponder (Weresquatch, Headless Pez), Joel Starr (Children of Seraph, Voltanic) on vocals, drummer Rand Crusher (Bewitcher), and Andrew Sylvia (Alpha Viper, Magnabolt) on bass.

Into The Night is intended to be a melding of old school Thrash and Glam Metal, and the production value is very late 70s early 80s, very reminiscent of early Mötley Crüe production. The bass guitar is buried under very wet guitar sounds, and the drums are small and boxy sounding. Starr, as a vocalist, can hit hit high notes, and not much else. The album’s 7 songs (track one, “Into The Night”, the title track, is an uncredited keyboard instrumental), suffer from both the vocalist and lead guitarists inability to locate the key of the song. Perhaps that is stylistic choice within the genre, but it is a jarring listen most of the time, with few brief moments of respite where the music settles into listenability.

Overall, Into The Night is a demo quality release from a band that needs a producer, and a few more songs (8 songs, 32 minutes) to really reach their potential.

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  • Stevie Shred

    Stevie was a reviewer here at Metal Express Radio. He is currently the lead guitarist for Melodic Rock band Red Reign, based in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Red Reign toured with Tesla in 2017, and shared the stage with Dokken, FireHouse, Lita Ford, Kix, Quiet Riot, and others at various dates around the US in 2018. Stevie heard his first KISS record at the age of 6 and was immediately hooked on Rock and Roll guitar. Over the course of years his tastes evolved, graduating from KISS to Ozzy and Van Halen; and then into Hair Metal. Over time, harder and faster music drew him. Bands like Metallica, Pantera, and Anthrax led the way, and Killswitch Engage took him over the top. Stevie has a deep passion for the guitar, not only playing them, but building them as well.

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