| Written by Alex Stojanovic TRACK LISTING Virtue Signal Blood Red Road Cross Of Babylon Hands Of Fate The Bitter Truth Under No Illusions Live As One Already Dead Solar Corona Hellblazer The Fateful Dark Scavangers Of Mercy The Lights Are Going Out Iconocaust Minority Of One The Mask Of Anarchy Down & Out |  |
It has been since 2019 that we've gotten some type of release from my favourite English melodic thrashers Savage Messiah. If anyone has read any of my reviews of their last three studio releases, you'll already know how much of a fan I am of these guys and how much I've talked them up. 2019 was the last time we had gotten a studio album from them with Demons. Since then, they've gone through a lot, including a few lineup changes, with the additions of Charly Carreton on drums and Carlos Alcalde De Lema on keyboards, and reuniting with Joff Bailey on guitar. They played a handful of shows in support of the album when that all came to a grinding halt due to Covid. While in lockdown, they were working on what would be their sixth studio album, however as of 2024, that seems to have been put on the back burner, mainly due to the fact that Dave Silver now lives in L.A, and Charly was diagnosed with cancer. We all hope that Charly is doing good and is on the mend.
In the last few years, since Charly's cancer diagnosis, things have been rather quiet in the Savage Messiah world with no updates on social media regarding the new album, future shows or anything. This year, the band started teasing something, which we all thought would be the new album, but it turned out to be a live album. During the Demons cycle, they played the biggest headline show of their career in Tokyo, and they've really showcased that accomplishment by posting some pro-shot live footage from the show to their socials, and are now releasing a live album of that show titled Down & Out In Tokyo. Now, as I've mentioned in the past, I'm usually not that much of a fan of reviewing live albums, except the odd one here and there, but when Savage Messiah releases something after quite a while, it's worth giving my two cents on given how much of a fan I am of these guys.
The setlist for this album is an absolute doozy though. A solid 16-song setlist that touches on just about every album, with the exception of Insurrection Rising. I thought that at least the title track should've been included to make it a complete setlist. Regardless though, we get a ton of tracks from their best album The Fateful Dark, like "Cross Of Babylon, "Iconocaust", "Hellblazer", "Live As One Already Dead" and "Scavengers Of Mercy". Given that it was the Demons tour, we get a good amount of tracks from that album too like "Virtue Signal", "The Bitter Truth", "Under No Illusions", "The Lights Are Going Out" and "Down & Out". They even managed to squeeze in a couple of tracks from Hands Of Fate, like the title track and "Blood Red Road", and one track from Plague Of Conscience: "The Mask Of Anarchy". If you ask me, that's a pretty solid setlist, and it makes me wish I was there to witness it.
In a couple of conversations that I've had with Dave, he mentioned that the reason for the band not doing anything anymore is due to the current economics of the music industry, which shouldn't be all that surprisng, as the current state has caused a ton of bands to throw in the towel. If he's burned out by the current state of the industry, I can't blame him one bit. Even if this is the end for Savage Messiah, this is a great way to go out. I certainly hope I'm wrong on that front, but I wish all the best for the boys in the band, especially Charly in hoping that he gets well.
In the last few years, since Charly's cancer diagnosis, things have been rather quiet in the Savage Messiah world with no updates on social media regarding the new album, future shows or anything. This year, the band started teasing something, which we all thought would be the new album, but it turned out to be a live album. During the Demons cycle, they played the biggest headline show of their career in Tokyo, and they've really showcased that accomplishment by posting some pro-shot live footage from the show to their socials, and are now releasing a live album of that show titled Down & Out In Tokyo. Now, as I've mentioned in the past, I'm usually not that much of a fan of reviewing live albums, except the odd one here and there, but when Savage Messiah releases something after quite a while, it's worth giving my two cents on given how much of a fan I am of these guys.
The setlist for this album is an absolute doozy though. A solid 16-song setlist that touches on just about every album, with the exception of Insurrection Rising. I thought that at least the title track should've been included to make it a complete setlist. Regardless though, we get a ton of tracks from their best album The Fateful Dark, like "Cross Of Babylon, "Iconocaust", "Hellblazer", "Live As One Already Dead" and "Scavengers Of Mercy". Given that it was the Demons tour, we get a good amount of tracks from that album too like "Virtue Signal", "The Bitter Truth", "Under No Illusions", "The Lights Are Going Out" and "Down & Out". They even managed to squeeze in a couple of tracks from Hands Of Fate, like the title track and "Blood Red Road", and one track from Plague Of Conscience: "The Mask Of Anarchy". If you ask me, that's a pretty solid setlist, and it makes me wish I was there to witness it.
In a couple of conversations that I've had with Dave, he mentioned that the reason for the band not doing anything anymore is due to the current economics of the music industry, which shouldn't be all that surprisng, as the current state has caused a ton of bands to throw in the towel. If he's burned out by the current state of the industry, I can't blame him one bit. Even if this is the end for Savage Messiah, this is a great way to go out. I certainly hope I'm wrong on that front, but I wish all the best for the boys in the band, especially Charly in hoping that he gets well.
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