Certain Death
Strange Garden (silver/whie/black Splatter)
Certain Death deliver guitar-driven, classic rock-rooted heavy rock built on riffs, harmonised leads and a strong retro-oriented songwriting approach. There is a clear love for the golden age of amplified rock running through Strange Garden, described by the band itself as "a love letter to an era of amp towers, flashy guitars, long hair, and polyester department store suits" not as empty retro worship, but as a very conscious commitment to the spirit, energy and larger-than-life feel of classic rock culture. The album constantly balances that familiar vintage atmosphere with the immediacy of a modern band that genuinely sounds like it lives inside this music rather than simply referencing it from a distance. Originally released in 2024, Strange Garden now receives its vinyl edition, expanded with two additional tracks recorded in 2025. There are flashes of heavy blues rock, western-tinged atmosphere, raw hard rock drive and loose psychedelic touches throughout the album, but the material never collapses into genre cosplay or retro checklist-writing. For fans of Budgie, Thin Lizzy, Sir Lord Baltimore.