The summer of 2023 I was going to attend the Stormbringer metal fest in Worcester, Massachusetts. Savage Master was playing the fest and I was not going to miss my favorite current metal band. Sanhedrin was also on the bill to play that day, so on a whim I figured that I'd check out some of their music before seeing them. Much to my surprise, they were really good and I found myself excited to check them out alongside Savage Master. They were really great live, and I'd intended on picking up their Lights Out album at the time, but it never happened. When Metal Blade put up preorders for their new record, Heat Lightning, I didn't hesitate to add it to the cart and check out.
To be honest, I haven't really been in much of a mood to listen to metal very much this year, so while I was somewhat excited for the new Sanhedrin album, I also wasn't too interested in checking it out when it arrived... so it has been sitting in a pile of new records, untouched since it arrived in the mail. I figured that it was time to get it posted up here, so I opened the shrink wrap to give it a spin and finally check it out.
500 pressed on ruby red colored vinyl.
Initially I was a bit underwhelmed with Heat Lightning. I'm sure that my mindset of 90's hardcore obsession had a part to play in that, because as I've slowly been giving it a chance every few days, it has really started to grow on me. Now that we are moving into cooler weather and we start to leave summer behind, I'm finding myself wanting to listen to stuff like Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath, and Sanhedrin fits that mood perfectly. I'm really liking this album, and it's got me thinking that maybe I need to finally pick up that Lights Out record as well.
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