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By Muloc7253 - January 16th, 2008

Wow. I must admit, I was very surprised and pleased upon first hearing this. I mean this band has a serious ENERGY very difficult to find anywhere else. Really, musically this fits in with the metal crowd, but boy does it have a great rockin' atmosphere to it. Interested? Read on...

Bishop's style lies somewhere in between 80s heavy metal, 70s hard rock and maybe a bit of 90s radio rock too. I'd describe their sound as a mix between Black Sabbath (Ozzy-era, but the more upbeat stuff), Black Label Society and Soundgarden, and with a bit of an old Aerosmith vibe aswell. That description will either interest or repulse you, but in either case let it know that these guys really do know how to rock.

That's the first thing you'll find apparent from listening to this album. Bishop take a very talented songwriting skill (mirroring the greats of the 70s and the worthwhile of the 90s, without the excess of 80s rock) and combines it with a highly professional delivery and excellent studio wizardy to create an album that's very difficult to stop listening to once you've started. This album won't make you want to thrash the fuck out, but it will force you to headbang and sing along to the catchy lyrics. It won't influence you to kill posers, but I will cause you to drive a little faster down the highway, whilst drinking whatever lager you have lying around and screaming out "turn it out, flip it down, bring it round, comin' up from behind!"

And really, when the forces of hard rock and classic heavy metal come together in such instances, what more could you want from the music? Bishop are all highly talented musicians aswell as highly talented songwriters, and the only reason I can think that this band isn't more popular is simply because this isn't the 'in' thing at the moment. But while the rest of the metal world is drowning in a static flood of suicidal black metal and funeral doom, I'll switch on Steel Gods and just rock the fuck out.

Highlights? Burnout Bitch is a fuckin' monster of a song, and Jib is the perfect groove beast to end the album. Wingman is another powerful one, and who can deny the catchy fun of Trip to Planet X and Outlaw Beaver? Ah, to hell with it, there are no highlights, the whole album is great, and I'd recommend this to anyone that loves to rock. You know who you are.

8/24/07 - Noktorn of Metal Archives reviews "Steel Gods"

"Every second of 'Steel Gods' is soaked in an absolute love of hard rock and heavy metal music, without even the slightest trace of sarcasm or irony present, just as it should be. These three brothers (brothers of metal, jesus christ!) have made one of the most honest, best-crafted slabs of heavy metal that I've heard in a long time, and have done it with an integrity that I thought might have entirely disappeared. Right now, this is something you NEED to listen to....." - read the full review - click here!

7/23/07 - Strutter'Zine reviews "Steel Gods"

"The 3-piece New York based band BISHOP is playing high class Classic Rock and Roll, not too far away from ROADSTAR, THE ANSWER, WOLFMOTHER, but also owing a lot to TWISTED SISTER, THIN LIZZY, BAD COMPANY and even T-REX, very 1970s orientated Hard Rock and Roll with biting groovy guitarwork. The production is very impressive and so are the 10 included songs. The CD only has a short playing length, but nevertheless the music is really Classic Rock and Roll at it's best. Highlights are "Burnout Bitch", "Dancin on my grave" and the fantastic "Got the fever" (a bit UFO/RAINBOW/SCORPIONS type of classic hardrocksound mixed with WOLFMOTHER). (Points: 8.3 out of 10)"

6/5/07 - Big Rock Finish reviews "Steel Gods"
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6/1/07 - Skratch Magazine reviews "Steel Gods"

"Three brothers from Upstate New York comprise the power trio Bishop, whose latest 10-track affair spans arena rock sentimentality, metal guitar heroics and cock rock acrobatics. STEEL GODS is a bit of a misnomer, as this disc tends to fall more into the modern rock genre instead of the heavy metal classification, but you can find a slew of meaty riffs like “Jib” that wouldn’t sound out of place on an Alice in Chains or Soundgarden disc. A solid effort that effortlessly blends bluesy traditional metal and radio friendly hard rock, Bishop delivers an effective shot of no frills rock ‘n roll."

-Mike SOS

4/07/07 - Classic Rock Magazine reviews "Steel Gods"
A righteous rag, Classic Rock Magazine's 'Sleazegrinder' reviewed Bishop's "Steel Gods" for its June 2007 issue in its Round-Up: Sleaze feature. Available on U.S. newsstands next month!

Classic Rock Magazine
June 2007
Issue 106
www.classicrockmagazine.com

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE
By: Sleazegrinder

"Classic power trio consisting of three brothers with awesomely New York sounding names: Rocky, Vinny, Tommy. They play twisty desert-boogie with laddlefuls of rumbling Sabbath-isms and an affection for serial killer chic and creepy masturbation references. They must look like Attack Of The Clones live. Heavy."
7/10

2/25/07 - RoughEdge.com reviews "Steel Gods"
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2/2/07 - Rock & Metal Domain reviews "Steel Gods"
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