{"id":26080,"date":"2025-02-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26080"},"modified":"2025-02-10T19:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:49:49","slug":"black-spiders-cvrses-dark-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26080","title":{"rendered":"Black Spiders – \u2018Cvrses\u2019 (Dark Riders)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Those true Sons of the North, The Black Spiders continue their assault on the rock n\u2019 roll world with their 5th<\/sup> opus \u2018Cvrses\u2019, the 3rd<\/sup> album they have released since reforming back in the Covid years. It follows hotly on the heels of the 2023 release \u2018Can\u2019t Die, Won\u2019t Die\u2019. And if you thought the first single \u2018Out Of Order\u2019 was a bit of a banger, then prepare yourself, as that song doesn\u2019t even make the cut on this album. That’s how confident singer Pete Spiby and his band are of these new tunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded in the not-so-glamorous rock n\u2019 roll metropolis otherwise known as Doncaster, the five piece Sheffield band consisting of Pete Spiby (guitar & vocals), Adam Irwin (bass), Nate Digby & James Evans (guitars) and Wyatt Wendels on drums have crafted yet another baker\u2019s dozen (there’s a hidden track on here apparently called \u2018Lil Death\u2019, but I cant find the fucker anywhere!) of high octane bangers laced with humungous riffs and more hooks than Adrian Smith\u2019s tackle box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Never Enough\u2019 kicks it all off in raucous style with the sort of garage rock, punked-up energy The Hellacopters were shoving in our faces 20 years ago. The shouty, gang vocals seal the deal. Next up \u2018Cool Reaper\u2019 goes back another decade or two and mixes up 80\u2019s sleaze metal with a punky attitude to create high octane rock n\u2019 roll. Amps are set to 11 and guitars set to punch you in the gut. Are you paying attention yet? \u2018Sorry Not Sorry\u2019 recalls those highly underrated Aussie rockers The Screaming Jets, with its glorious, overly familiar riff, effortlessly cool vocal hook and a guitar solo to melt faces at forty paces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 songs in and seriously, I forgot how good Black Spiders are. Fat riffs, tongue-in-cheek lyricism and stadium-sized choruses are the order of the day. The Black Spiders are back, they mean business, and business is good. I mean, songs like \u2018Tom Petty\u2019s Lips\u2019 and \u2018Up All Night\u2019 are up there with the best you’re gonna hear this year. Five hairy dudes from Sheffield have no right to have such killer tunes in their possession, but here we are. I\u2019ll wager you’ll be singing those refrains long into the night after just one listen like I was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, Grunge-inspired desert rock riffage is certainly prevalent. Feel the sun beating down on your face and the sweat on your brow as \u2018Dia De Muertos\u2019 straddles the plane of Alice In Chains meets Kyuss, which is a good place to be in anyone’s book, surely?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then there\u2019s the hilarious \u2018Mofo Sauce\u2019, a song that screams out for a high budget promo video featuring chicks in bikinis, dwarfs and swimming pools. It’s full of over the top 80\u2019s rock references, bombastic beats, big guitars and a killer hook. What\u2019s not to like here? Tongue-in-cheek? Tongue-in-ass-cheek more like! If Black Spiders ever needed a trademark anthem to be remembered for, they got it now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Obey\u2019 lulls the listener into a false sense of security with a Tarantino-esque guitar intro before breaking into a wall of noise. The album closer \u2018Rotten To The Core\u2019 with its acoustic guitars, harmony vocals and 60\u2019s west coast California Dreamin\u2019 vibes, is a bit of an epilogue, a fitting end to the album and a standout track that leaves you wishing and wanting more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s an old cliched statement that most bands give out in the run-up to an album release, and it goes something like; \u201cThis is our bestest, strongest and most focused album ever\u201d. And guess what? In this case there is some truth to that statement, as the Black Spiders have released a monster in \u2018Cvrses\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its a righteous ride through the annals of rock n\u2019 roll and a statement of intent that thrills and excites in all the right places. The perfect combination of hard rock and metal with power pop hooks aplenty and guitar solos everywhere. And with not a duff track in sight, it\u2019s a thumbs up from me. Long may the Black Spiders weave their web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those true Sons of the North, The Black Spiders continue their assault on the rock n\u2019 roll world with their 5th opus \u2018Cvrses\u2019, the 3rd album they have released since reforming back in the Covid years. It follows hotly on the heels of the 2023 release \u2018Can\u2019t Die, Won\u2019t Die\u2019. And if you thought the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[726,6067],"class_list":["post-26080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-ben-hughes","tag-black-spiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26082,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080\/revisions\/26082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}