Switchblade Jesus Switchblade Jesus

2015, The eight-track offering marks the last appearance in Switchblade Jesus of vocalist Pete Quarnstrom, his duties having since been taken over by guitarist Eric Calvert, joined in the now-four-piece by guitarist Billy Guerra, bassist Jason Beers and drummer Jon Elizondo, and finds the burly rockers engaged in comfortably-paced post-Pepper Keenan-era Corrosion Of Conformity Southern-style heavy riffery, straightforward structures led by the guitars being underscored solidly by the rhythm section from ,,Bastard Son"'s easy sway to the highlight closer ,,Oblivion", which offers a more complex take. Much of what they have to offer throughout will be familiar in a songs-about-whiskey vein, shades of Clutch showing up on ,,The Wolves" while a Down influence seems to march hand in hand with a markedly unfortunate tinny snare sound on ,,Renegade Riders".