LEATHURBITCH Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Self-branded as "Portland Sleaze Speed", Leathurbitch deal in a very much retro-fitted form of 80s indebted speed metal, but whereas their 2019 debut full-length Into The Night focused on the eccentricities of glam, Shattered Vanity re-establishes the group in a far heavier maelstrom, complete with face-melting dual guitar solos, over-the-top vocal blowouts from frontman Joel Starr, and a noticeable lyrical turn towards horror and the macabre. The bitch is well and truly back as the band have so succinctly put and offer a uniquely heavy yet still endlessly entertaining reimagining of the cheesiest of metal eras.