Poetranium

Description

Poetranium is the sophomore full-length album by the British hard rock band Gethsemane Rose, independently released on Nu Life Records in 1996.

Gethsemane Rose features Ben Mears on vocals and guitar (as well as harmonica), Andy Mears on guitar, Rob Addicott on bass, and Steve Russelle on drums and percussion. Additional bass by Matt Cooper.

This album has reached near legendary status as Geth Rose fans and UK headbangers generally have waited and waited and waited for its release. Now here at last it is and what a scorcher. To my ears – still throbbing after three full volume plays – it’s the best British heavy rock/metal album since that now long gone era when Kingsway were releasing White Metal albums. Seasoned producer Paul Hodson is emphatic that this is his best ever work and I won’t argue. Magnificently meaty guitar work, gutsy vocals, some unexpected delicate harmonies (like on the haunting «Tears Of Tomorrow» which also features a cello or something in the stunning mix), vivid and inventive songwriting from Ben Mears and an album that SHOULD be there in the UK record racks. But we’ll let that pass as no doubt lovers of raw but supremely tight rock are already trundling down to the Post Office. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, October 1996]

CD tracklist:

01. Sugar
02. Proverbial Dogs
03. Bad Poetranium
04. Jealous Love
05. Tears Of Tomorrow
06. Goodnight Jezebel
07. Dead To The World
08. Ghost Town
09. Your Blue Eyes
10. Honourable Way To Die
11. Bitter And Twisted
12. Shot Away
13. Cross Eyed