{"id":1257,"date":"2014-02-27T05:46:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T05:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2014-02-27T05:46:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T05:46:33","slug":"cdnightfist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/cdnightfist\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Nightfist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/nigh.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/nigh.jpeg\" alt=\"nigh\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nNightfist<br \/>\n&#8220;\u0093The Epic\u0094&#8221;<br \/>\n(The Temporary Residence)<\/h4>\n<p>I could go on and on about how false metal is the scourge of underground music, and would probably talk myself blue in the face complaining about all of those silly hardcore bands that insist on claiming a Maiden influence. So when I first heard about Nightfist, I immediately thought, \u0093Aw shit, here we go again.\u0094 But fear not, true metallers, because this California five-piece is the real deal, or at least a fairly legitimate facsimile.<\/p>\n<p>These young lads, fresh out of high school (stay with me here), share a common obsession for prog-metal bands such as Dream Theatre, Fates Warning, Yes, etc. and, according to their record label, \u0093are not ironic.\u0094 Epic, sweeping metal instrumentals are played with such conviction and talent, it\u0092s pretty hard to sound the horseshit alarm. And if these six epic songs in just under 30 minutes don\u0092t make you a true believer, then it\u0092s time to spin that Bleeding Through CD again (you dimwit).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nightfist &#8220;\u0093The Epic\u0094&#8221; (The Temporary Residence) I could go on and on about how false metal is the scourge of underground music, and would probably talk myself blue in the face complaining about all of those silly hardcore bands that insist on claiming a Maiden influence. So when I first heard about Nightfist, I immediately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[3623,5137,7658],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}