Blog Post
Devilfire - 'Live in Birmingham'
Iain McArthur • 3 December 2020
Mini-album Review
It’s probably been a bitter/sweet year for Devilfire. They released their second full-length album “Black Soul Vendetta” to rave reviews earlier this year but they can’t get out on the road to promote it and that must be frustrating. It’s a real shame as they are a top quality live outfit with just a little bit more class and style than most of the competition.
To fill the gap, they’ve released this 6-track live set from 2018. That’s a smart move and helps keep the momentum going. It’s a behind-closed doors affair from before that became unintentionally trendy and was originally broadcast on Facebook. It neatly showcases their sound; classic rock twin guitars within contemporary sleaze-lite songs, all under-pinned by rock solid rhythms and garnished with chanted backing vocals.
Naturally, the set is drawn from their 2017 “Dark Manoeuvres” album. There’s video for some of the songs on the band’s Facebook page, including the classy “A Thousand Times” and the Cult-like stone-cold classic track “She’s Like Fire”. The last tune is “Waiting For a Rock Star” but really there’s no waiting required as singer/producer Alex Cooper is your man for that all night long and he looks the part from head-to-toe.
This is very good stuff but I can only imagine how good their 2021 live set is going to be when they add the songs from “Black Soul..”. Hopefully they’re coming soon to a venue near you, but in the meantime, you can grab a signed copy of this from the band’s store for under a tenner. Beautiful artwork too.