Despite only have been together in this current line-up for a few months, all five members of Red Six are veterans, to one degree or another, of the Belfast music scene - including stints, at various times, in the immediate precursor to this particular project, SixKiller.

It's experience that's quickly evident in the four tracks which the outfit have made a point of recording and releasing very early in their career - they played only a couple of fairly low-profile warm-up gigs before ensuring they had product to offer to punters wishing to part with their hard earned spondoolicks.

One thing that is evident right away is the thought that has gone into the song structures - they all have a logical starting point, build to a middle peak and follow that path to a conclusion. Each of the four tracks is built from the ground up, the foundations being the powerhouse drumming of former Sinocence sticksman Robert Morgan and bassist Rab Paul, over which are built the walls of guitars, courtesy of Laura Dunlop and Stevie Martin, which in turn support the roof that is the vocal of Ger Torbitt which, while brutal in places, refrains from being overly so.

One thing that truly stands out: guitar solos. While many bands are forsaking the sacred act of the shredding solo, Red Six have them aplenty - but not in a way that detracts from the context of the songs in which they are placed.

To sum up, this is classic metal delivered with a modern twist, and a good indication of what is to come from this lot. (Now, lads, are you sure it's just the one pint you owe me?)

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