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SLEEPY HOLLOW - GOING OVER
INDEPENDENT
METAL TO INFINITY
Sleepy Hollow is, as I've told before, a strange band from New Jersey. They are writing some kind of odd music influenced by ancient elements that gives their music an epical touch. Next to the EP they also released this ''Going Over''. I received a double CD from which I don't actually know what I have to say about the 'Interstate' disc.
This Rock Opera takes off with an instrumental intro, followed by a guitar solo that seems to communicate with an organ. The guitar sound sounds very retro and the use of the organ is giving me the same feeling. This concept CD is telling a story about a drug addict, using the music to tell more about the drugs. Constantly I have the feeling of listening to some kind of hippie music, late sixties or early seventies music. Of course drugs were related with this subculture, as it also is in this story. Based on the old Deep Purple and Jethro Tull, Sleepy Hollow delivers Hard Rocking music on their own specific, bizarre way. I can't say these guys aren't gifted or talented, the opposite is true. All members are singing and the band uses several a-typical instruments. On the other hand I have to admit this isn't my cup of tea. No matter how much respect I have for these guys as musicians I can't say the music pleased me for one second.
I do believe Sleepy Hollow is standing still in an era that is forgotten by the most of us. Metal Heads are mostly looking to the eighties if we talk about the roots of Heavy Metal, this is far beyond. The truth really is that Metal was formed many years before, in a time when Deep Purple and Black Sabbath just began to write the history of our genre. Nevertheless I don't feel the need to go back into those ancient times and that is what Sleepy Hollow is doing with me. Let this be music for the elder amongst us. Difficult CD to rate... My Points: 70/100 (review by Officer Nice)