“Eye For An Eye might hail from Swindon, but their thoroughly American brand of dirty, grungy riffs and Phil Anselmo friendly vocals begs to belong across the pond. 'Downfall' holds plenty of potential for a band who have barely been in existence for three years, and although lead singer Tom Norris' forced southern accent becomes a bit tedious after the 17th eeee - yeee - eeeeahhhhhhaaah! its difficult not to get caught up in the tunes as shamelesly ballsy as Getting Old and the relentlessly barraging Seven Gods Of Chaos - its all been done before, but thats no excuse not to dig Eye For An Eye. 7/10”
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Rocksound review, Eye For An Eye - Rocksound review
“Eye For An Eye reminds me quite a lot of Danzig. No, they aren’t clones, but they give me that musical feeling again; this really is good music. Beautiful and simple rock/metal that take you back to the time when this kind of music was still called hardrock and you either loved or loathed it. Not that all songs have come out strong enough, but it is all about the feeling they give you. Thankfully I don’t have an issue with the vocals this time, as the two guitarists Tom (Norris and Bull) also fulfil the vocal duties.
As extra influences Eye For An Eye has added some grunge in their musical mix and they did right, as it makes the whole sound become looser, enhancing the impact of the record. It is the reason why I categorise them as stoner rock, although a loose version of BLS would also be right. It all makes this into a very pleasant album.
Wim van Grunsven 7,6”
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Wim van Grunsven - Fury Rocks, Eye For An Eye - Fury Rocks review
“A glorious amalgamation of Thin Lizzy and Motorhead, guitarists/vocalists Tom Norris and Tom Bull, bassist Chris Ford, and drummer Rich Cowdry have created a hard rock monster with Downfall. A riproaring ten tracks of molten modern rock including 'Ask No Questions' and 'Seven Gods Of Chaos', Eye For An Eye will kick your ass and make you like it! 5/5”
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Big Cheese, Eye For An Eye - 5/5 Big Cheese review
“This astonishing debut is anything but that it’s title suggests - it’s a fuckin ripper! EFAE have successfully resurrected the heavy southern tinged rock sound pioneered by the likes of Corrosion Of Conformity (so there might be something in this band’s name being named after COC’s sophomore if my memory serves me correctly) or even Black Label Society with slow, heavy brooding tracks like ‘Ask No Questions’ or faster rockers like ‘Seven Gods Of Chaos’. Whatever their tempo, EFAE do a fine job of bringing on the power and sheer heaviness with only the quieter ‘Until I’m Done’ being their only undoing and thus proving that it’s heavy all the way for this band - just the way I like it. Although possessing a dual vocal / guitar attack I couldn’t tell the gravelly styles apart which is fine cos then it’s double heavy and best of all, they don’t ruin their fine songs with keyboards or any of that decorative crap so rather than play down the rock!”
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Battlehelm, Eye For An Eye - Battlehelm review
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Another start to another week, how is everyone finding Monday?
