Uriah Heep's 4th accentuates the pomp and bombast at the band's core even further, "The Wizard" re-introducing us to the world of Demons and Wizards in grand, whisper to a scream style. Really, only two lively, pure of purpose rockers in this bunch, the good-timer "All My Life" and barreling "Easy Livin'" (the band's first US top 40 entry). It's imposing works of sorcery and heft like "Traveller in Time," the hard swing of "Poet's Justice," which sounds in places like Scott Walker gone heavy (really!) and "Circle of Hands," a majestic number recalling Zep's "Thank You," that one carries into the unquiet slumbers experienced after too many hours steeped in the Heep. Elsewhere, "Rainbow Demon" chains you to a Hyborian Wheel of Pain with it's leaden, Iommi on organ riff, as Demons concludes with the meandering "Paradise/The Spell," an alternately lush and rollicking soar towards the heavens. –Rob
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