1974 "Vox Dei para Vox Dei" (Vox Dei for Vox Dei) marked the momentary departure of guitarist, vocalist and main composer Ricardo Soule, who would come to Spain, where he lived for years...the artwork of this album always caught my eye for some reason (cover & back cover), where is seen the band on a stage, while themselves are their only spectators, in an empty venue. To some extent could be said that this record is weak, inferior to their former discs, and that would be perfectly right, though...Vox Dei, especially in the 70s, they always managed to deliver something, somehow; some tunes which always were satisfactory and enjoyable, or at least moving, for different reasons, even in their weakest moments. Listening more carefully to "Vox Dei para Vox Dei", one might finally find some obscure, sweet rock & roll tunes, namely 'Es necesario salirte a buscar', 'No hay nada más terrible que el maldito bong', 'La luz que crea', the Yes-like 'Mago de los cuatro vientos', 'Quiero estar seguro de vivir' or the Willy Quiroga's existentialist-sarcastic blues rock 'No, ni por equivocación'...the song ends in a Ruben Basoalto's drums solo ala John Bonham, and so the album ends, too. "Vox Dei para Vox Dei" is perhaps not the best disc of the band, and it's perhaps just another rock & roll metaphor -as the aforementioned artwork indicates-, about the loneliness of the artiste, who sometimes may be misunderstood or ignored, just like us.
Review by "death metal doll" (Rate Your Music).
Review by "death metal doll" (Rate Your Music).
RATING: 7.5 / 10
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