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Heavy Sentence is a band out of the U.K. that is homing in on the late '70s/early '80s for inspiration. Their EP Warriors of Madness has three tracks of rough and dirty hard rocking heavy metal with a dash of punk that brings to mind everything from the NWOBHM, to early AC/DC to Motörhead. There's no secret to their formula; turn up the amps and play loud. That isn't to say they are just noise, there's plenty of melody (the guitars on "Warriors of Madness" reminds me of early Riot a little bit), but it's brash and noisy melody. If that early metal aesthetic when volume and energy paid more of the bills than anything else appeals to you, Heavy Sentence is a band whose catalog you'll want to explore.