“Take you to hell and won’t say hello”
Pentagram were formed in 1971 and are renowned as early doom pioneers but nearly 15 years passed before the cult US band was able to rise from the underground and put out their first album. It was worth the wait. The 1985 self-released debut was originally just called Pentagram but in 1993 it was reissued by Peaceville Records and renamed Relentless after this awesome track. Relentless was penned by charismatic guitarist Victor Griffin and has a walloping tone and simple, strident riff that fully lives up to the promise of the song’s title. The lyrics are a bit clunky but endearingly catchy and they’re a good vehicle for the ‘Ram’s wayward frontman Bobby Liebling to strut his swaggering, streetwise stuff. But the real joy here is the riffin’ of Griffin. His electric axe is gonna knock you on your back.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
The guitar sound is great. I like that dirty distorted heavy sound.
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Great riffs especially that verse riff at the 40 Second mark. Heavy, groovy and sludgy. Even the Ozzy like vocals do okay.
It’s another band I’ve heard of in name only but never checked out.
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Glad you liked it. Hard to argue with this riffs. I think you’d like the album and the First Daze compilations of their 70s stuff are brilliant too.
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Yeah I think so as well. Their stuff is on Spotify so I’ve got this album on the list to listen to after I get through the release day playlist
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Dude on axe sounds like Iommi’s bastard brother. Not a bad track actually. I won’t have to sleep with the light on tonight.
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You can dream about Cinderella. Eeewwww!
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Not sure this one is on First Daze (I’m too lazy to get off my fat one and go look). I liked this a lot. Is the dude still alive?
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Amazingly yes. This isn’t on either of the First Daze comps. Griffin joined later. I think 20 Buck Spin is the only older tune that showed up here. You should definitely get this if you like the First Daze stuff.
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20 Buck Spin is sheer brilliance.
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Yes. All the stuff on First Daze is awesome. Did you get both of those or just the first one?
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I got the first one on ‘beer coloured vinyl’ (a bit piss-like, if I’m honest), but not the second one yet.
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Is it the one with the bonus 7″? The 2nd one is great too but the first is the best.
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No, just a bog-standard, common, piss-coloured copy.
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Not even piss-shaped?!
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No. Piss poor effort really.
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They can just piss off, quite frankly.
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Urine the right there Scott.
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Griffin’s Riffin’, I like that!
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I’ll be very disappointed if I’m the first person to make that pun.
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What an amazing attitude tone to start the album and introduce the band to the record listener!
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Yeah it’s a good place to start with the ‘Ram!
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Aye, that’s right good. I actually quite like these guys (I have a few bits and pieces among the MP3 racks).
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Yeah it’s good stuff. Shame the singer is such a disaster area.
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I like this one.
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I would have declared shenanigans if you didn’t like this.
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You would be right to do so.
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