Review of Outlaw King (2018) by Blake Goble for Consequence of Sound — 07 Nov 2018

Outlaw King is like watching prog versus metal. When it’s prog rock – folksy and wooden ­– it’s at its worst. Muted, draggy, earnest, with wee traces of carefully placed humor or commentary on a bygone era? It’s Moody Blues, and even a little Jethro Tull? Hardly worth putting on, unless you like your history slim and bone-dry.

But at its best, it’s heavy metal, with swinging axes and church slayings and all sorts of grim goodies.