Happy birthday zombie saint! As you can see from the reviews posted so far, I do not mean a lot of really heavy metal. Why? Simply because it involves me, I do not like. Check up to thrash, Slayer, Sepultura to, but beyond (Mayhem, Dimmu Borgir ,...) I do not mean.
ATTENTION: LOOKING FOR CONTRIBUTORS We continue to analyze the origins of the WET analysis of the "E.". It 's the time of the Eclipse, as the Swedish Work Of Art and how they signed to Frontiers. But this time the sound is considered far more harsh and direct: forget Toto and Journey, this time the first things that come to mind are Bon Jovi, Europe, Whitesnake, in short, everything the hard rock hard and direct.
Erik Martensson (vocals, guitar, bass and keyboards! Then even in WET), Magnus Enriksson (guitar), Johan Berlin (keyboards) and Robert Back (drums) debuted in 2001 with the self-produced and very direct "The Truth And A Little More," Frontiers are noticed by putting you under contract , releasing "Second To None" in 2004, but it turns out to be of lesser stature despite being a nice album. "To Mend A Broken Heart" brings to mind the Europe, but deviate from it with a riff very granite which explodes in his office studying for a refrain fantastic concert.
"Wylde One" is an explosion of adrenaline to two hundred per hour than you do scapocciare from first to last second. I got even want to beer! While I'm going to uncork the "Under The Gun" (and enough with this title! Is inflated by now!), Incipit classical like vinyl and devastating explosion that bursts in the chops Malmsteen album. An epic ride dressed up with a chorus and epic guitar solos filled with old-fashioned. frenetic pace of "Hard Time Loving You", which does not even have time to breathe is so tight and compact. Note the solo 'crazy' reminiscent of the NWOBHM with its twin guitars that follow and intertwine.
gunshot introduce us to "Young Guns", and the lively atmosphere in the middle between Europe and Malmsteen "Eclipse", but with a much more modern riffing. The chorus also recalls bands like Danger Danger, just to clarify what kind of sound we're talking about. Confused, eh? How evil.
"Million Miles Away" returns to the classic melodic hard rock, revealing enthralling and ispiratissimo, one of the best episodes of the album, as well as the beautiful "2 Souls" with its riff simply magnificent, and its chorus made to art.
It closes the curtain with "Call Of The Wild", a track that boasts the most brilliant opening riff of the entire disk and is able to enhance the listener until the last millisecond.
Now you're starting to understand where it came out "WET"! For the next review of the last letter of the acronym with Talisman!
Eclipse - "Are You Ready To Rock" (2008, Frontiers) After the review of the masterpiece of the WET I feel duty-bound to analyze the groups who provided the letters of the acronym. We begin of course by "W." with the Swedish Work Of Art, created in 1992 by the guitarist guitarist Robert Sall (who participated in the project WET) and drummer Herman Furin. With that in mind a melodic rock inspired by Journey and Toto, the two are desperate for a singer to fit their vision. The producer Lars Säfsund, after hearing some of the songs on "Artwork" decides to lend her voice to the amazing project. The strength of this debut album (it took them sixteen years ... congratulations on your perseverance!) Is not the original, to say the truth may well be a disk Lukather and partners, but the mastery of composition and involvement that give the twelve songs during fifty-two minutes you would like to never end. "Why Do I?" opens the disc in the best way: melodic, powerful, magical, immediate and unforgettable. Better was not possible. Really. I was lying. Wow. time you get to ride "Her Only Lie ", with its overwhelming power. Memorable chorus that is printed immediately to mind right away.
Madonna is" Too Late "! After the opener the best episode of the disc! Riff much more original than the previous tracks and feeling a go go. Spectacular. was the hour of ballatona, placed with skill and simply irresistible. "Once In A Lifetime" is like a caress made with a rose petal (I never thought of writing something like that first I heard 'song is!), romantic and, again, perfect.
follows the daring "Peace Of Mind" that she could easily be the soundtrack of Rocky at random! A progressive features (a little) and sometimes from stage (a lot), involves great.
way for the more massive rock with "Lost Without Your Love", where for the first time I can say that the keyboard penalizes the overall result of the song, which covers over a riff really nice, especially during the riff. Remains the same as a great piece, even with this small flaw. Cori
ball in the opening funky song "Like No Other", bubbly episode that reveals once and for all the mastery of these three young Swedes.
"Cover Me" is a rock song in effect, putting aside the AOR side that has come out so far and releasing all the energy of the trio.
After this adrenaline rush closes with "One Hour", vaguely oriental and structure that displaces, since it opens with a bad riffone, calms down with a verse and sweet in its own way, experimental and finally explodes into a riff exalted the voice of Säfsund.
The best value of the Work of Art and the compositional mastery worthy of its unmatched Toto, the fatal flaw is that it does not seem to have an identity defined by referring to the band too Lukather and potentially end up labeled as clones. Clone well done, but still clones.
Criticism aside, Work Of Art have class, style, words have the balls cubic.
If they were able to begin before 2008 probably today would be an important name in the European AOR scene, and why not, worldwide.
Work Of Art - "Artwork" (2008, Frontiers) Nth supergroup Army of the Frontiers, the WET are composed by Robert Sall, guitarist Work Of Art (or "W" of name), Erik Martensson, bassist Eclipse (the "E") and none other than Jeff Scott Soto, who has lent her voice to countless artists (Journey, Panther, Trans Syberian Orchestra, Takara, Human Clay, Axel Rudi Pell, Humanimal, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eyes ,...) and ultimately militates in Talisman (the "T."). This first work of WET reveals the surprise of the year, one of those albums you do not expect that you lie down and from the first listen. Of course, there is always around the usual Criticón they wanted more, that they take it over the sound of modernity, which boycotted the WET for the sole super-group status. 's amazing how a project on the quiet, almost as a joke turned out to be the cornerstone of dell'AOR year 2009.
Be enchanted by the class of the cover and step play, the first three parts will be enough to make you understand the value of this album, otherwise, if you're picky like me, be warned: do not stop listening to the first surface of the disc you'll see the beauty in all its majesty from the third onwards. Not that the disc is difficult to understand, but there are many facets of the project. Analyze them together. singolone "One Love" that, do not worry, there is a cover of U2 or neither of the Blue, but a semi-acoustic ballad simply overwhelming that knows a lot of Journey. One of the most beautiful songs ever sung by Soto. The chorus is a simple one, but from the outlet immediately.
"Brothers In Arms" has an original riff and a fantastic chorus that candidates for the song at the palm of best episode of the album. Lively and atmospheric, in short, just perfect. After the burning of triplet
departure follows "Comes Down Like Rain", power ballad that lets you catch your breath with its breadth and its hushed atmosphere that only in the chorus gives way to an explosion of emotion from true masters.
"Running From The Heartache" is the perfect fusion of Journey and Talisman. Again atmosphere ball of what just close your eyes to imagine on stage to sing in front of thousands of people. Do not do it in the car could be dangerous. Spectacular
also "I'll Be There", in which we increase the pace to get a piece that would envy the best Danger Danger!
Not to mention "Damage Is Done! Heavy guitars and delicate piano will introduce you to a bridge and a chorus very rhythmic Europe. Crazy, we are the seventh song, and there is not even a shadow of a stop! There is a note out of place, there's a song that does not involve or do not drag!
fact we proceed with the crackling "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is", which shows us Soto finally a bit 'more "pissed off" that will accompany us in the most classic hard rock track on the record.
"One Day At A Time" is also a power ballad from the hair-raising, this time from the Gotthard flavor, so to speak. Keep on hand a girlfriend / boyfriend or your, if you're at the concert, glli lighters. Sconsigliatissima who has just left with the boyfriend / girlfriend.
Go back to the grind hard rock with the beautiful "Just Go", with its symphonic and epic riffs halfway between the first and Malmsteen, once again, the Journey, but with much more energy.
"My Everything" will melt you with its enchanting melodies and the incredible performance Soto. If she came out thirty years ago would probably now a classic that has climbed the charts all over the world. Closing
entrusted to the power ballad "If I Fall", clearly of Journey from the first notes. We say that the statement was first cited Soto fits perfectly.
Not a bad song. Finally an 'appetite' (for those who do not understand, go and read the first lines of the review of "Chinese Democracy" by Guns N 'Roses, was published in May 2009).
best record of 2009? Maybe. Best hard hard rock / AOR in 2009? Definitely.
Fiondatevi to buy it before it runs out.
WET - "WET" (2009, Frontiers) And here we are on time with the last live review of Mr. Big, the explosive "Back To Budokan" album celebrating the long-awaited reunion (published by Neapolitan Frontiers, now very active in the field of rock classic). There is little to add than what has been said in the review of "Lean Into It" for news and trivia. Bassist Billy Sheehan in an interview with Metal Maniac told how the band wanted to wait for the right time for getting together, making it in the only moment in which they were pressed by the majors. The ancient rifts between group members could rekindle the old fires led to the dissolution of the original (with Paul Gilbert to six strings) if this reunion was not born as naturally as possible. The disc you have (or have) in my hands is the result of informal jam session which was attended by other musicians, including Richie Kotzen, who replaced Gilbert, dinners and face to face to discuss the future of "Mr. Great. It will be that now the water has passed under the bridge, it will be that the four were completed in the meantime, it will be whatever you want, the result is a spectacular live performance and choice of the lineup. Registered in Budokan in Tokyo that he had seen their last performance, this return is not totally perfect, but only because Mr. Big showed nothing more than a show spontaneous and genuine, without overdubs: there is music, the public and there is enough. Do not take the small imperfections (actually very few) as an excuse to 'downgrade' the disk, but as the humility to present to the public for what it is. are also the classic 'only spots' where Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey and Paul Gilbert performing in all their monstrous talent. Stumble especially the drum solo of Torpey: it's amazing how it can carry an absurd pace with his legs, another even more absurd with his arms and sing well above! Just crazy. Not that the bass and guitar solos are of lesser stature, but the ability to Sheehan and Gilbert are certainly more ... 'Result', grant me the expression.
Also noteworthy is a cover of "Baba O'Riley" (the Who) much over the top. A spectacular live Tracklist: CD 1
01 - Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)
02 - Take Cover
03 - Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
04 - Alive And Kickin'
05 - Next Time Around
06 - Hold Your Head Up
07 - Just Take My Heart
08 – Temperamental
09 - It's For You – Mars
10 – Pat Torpey Drum Solo
11 – Price You Gotta Pay
12 – Stay Together
13 – Wild World
14 – Goin' Where The Wind Blows
15 – Take A Walk
CD 2
01 – Paul Gilbert Guitar Solo
02 – Paul Gilbert & Billy Sheean Duo
03 – Double Human Capo
04 – The Whole World's Gonna Know
05 – Promise Her The Moon
06 – Rock & Roll Over
07 – Billy Sheehan Bass Solo
08 – Addicted To That Rush
(Encore 1)
09 – Introducing The Band
10 – To Be With You
11 – Colorado Bulldog
(Encore 2)
12 – Smoke On The Water
13 – I Love You Japan
14 – Baba O'Riley
15 – Shy Boy
Bonus Tracks:
16 – Next Time Around (Studio version)
17 – Hold Your Head Up (Studio version)
18 – To Be With You (Acoustic version)
Mr. Big - "Back To Budokan" ( 2009, Frontiers) Decimo album in studio per i Queensrÿche, seminale band di Seattle autrice del capolavoro "Operation: Mindcrime", reviewed some time ago on this blog. Again we have in hand a concept album (yet?! Baaaasta!) Focuses on the experience of American soldiers: the singer Geoff Tate in recent years has interviewed veterans who were involved in conflicts ranging from World War II to the recent Iraq, then translate them into music, often poignant, testimony. So Tate explains the origin of the idea: "The first thing ever was a conversation with my father. My father was in the army and the whole experience has accumulated in places where he has served: Korea, Vietnam .. . We talked about his army life. Susan, my wife once asked me 'Why do not you write a song about your father?'. So when we started talking about life in the army I started thinking about American soldiers, because we do not know much about them, how they feel about a lot of things A siren and helicopter noise introduce us to "Unafraid", sometimes indutrial sometimes very classic, full of clips from interview and time to explain the status turn of mind in which the soldier in war is not crazy.
gaze focused at the same time empty of soldiers advancing into enemy territory is brilliantly described in "Hundred Mile Stare", a song musically great stuff like you have never felt for a long time made by Queensrÿche. " A Dead Man's Words "are the anguished words of a wounded soldier, left for dead and left behind in the desert. The second half of the song describes so simply perfect recovery of that person, making it clear the desperation and the will to survive while the soldier with a heavy precious metal, high-level, enriched by oriental hues that paint the picture in the mind of a fiery and unforgiving desert.
"The Killer" is one of the most successful pieces and while listening to one of the most disturbing: the topics include the death of the last child for the desperate mother and the instinct of survival that contrasts with the horror of the soldier who wants to survive the sniper's shooting at you, with the screams echo ("Shoot him!") while still lying on the ground motionless and petrified.
Another masterpiece with "Middle Of Hell", which describes the predicament of a soldier who finds himself in war and understands that even though many will die, he is convinced that he will succeed, ripetendoselo indefinitely. Ispiratissimo solo for a mid tempo caressed by the charismatic voice of Tate. Eddie Jackson and Scott Rockenfield, bass and drums respectively, spread out a rhythm that would have disfigured the carpet on a great album "Promised Land" (1994): The song in fact very reminiscent of that masterpiece of its title track.
The beautiful "If I Were King "(great guitar work by Michael Wilton!) Expresses the sense of guilt for having survived a soldier who wants to revive his fellow soldiers who gave their life even to save her. Even the center.
The heavy "Man Down" depicts the first hope of a soldier shot waiting for reinforcements. When you arrive, however, realizes that only a number and begins to doubt the cavalry, arriving at the last minute, saving it, but leaving it for the mentally disturbed rest of his days.
"Remember Me" is a poignant love letter to a soldier who prays his woman to wait, promising that he will leave and never to be happy forever, all with the usual musical mastery that characterizes the sound of Queensrÿche.
"Home Again" is also a letter, but this time 'double', from father to daughter and from daughter to father. Ballad spectacular, original and poignant in which Geoff Tate duet with her ten year old daughter, Emily. This album almost perfect
closes with "The Voice," about a soldier who realizes that he is now at home, out of danger, but still hear the "voice" in his head, indicating his sanity destroyed traumatic experience of war forever.
An album that rises from the simple definition of "music" to touch the heights of true "art", thanks to the strong message that leads with her inspired lyrics and her musical textures that become sound tracks of life experiences. You probably will not find the style singolone "Operation: Mindcrime", but after a slip that "Operation: Mindcrime II", you finally have in my hands the very essence of Queensrÿche, the group capable of upsetting the canons of heavy metal, transcending the condition of mere perpetrators of a genre that now has almost everything you said was worth saying and not just to artists and rising in the round that convey a message to the hard and uncomfortable especially younger generations (mainly in areas of poor ' America) saw the army as a source of support required.
short, Queensrÿche citing the same, the rich stay rich and the poor remain poor.
Band talented? By now you have shown. Band uncomfortable? Definitely. Long live the
Queensrÿche.
Down with the powerful.
Queensrÿche - "American Soldier" (2009, ATCO / Rhino) Sometimes they come back. Sometimes make the new center. Sometimes. seventh studio album by Danger Danger and return the entry for the old frontman Ted Poley replacing (most?) Good Paul Laine. is followed by a much more inspired "Ghost Of Love," a strong riff and a chorus credible this time really inspired.
follows the strange "Killin 'Love," with its sad, autumnal melancholy piano, which, let's face it, after eight years of waiting, is not exactly what you wanted from the band. It almost seems that they wanted to imitate the feeling of that masterpiece that was "Sick Little Twisted Mind of the previous album, only half succeeding. Danger Danger and sadness do not go together, we want the casino! "Fugitive" is the first ballad, simple and almost obvious, is not convincing and does not bear comparison with the cumbersome past.
Speeds up again with "Keep On Keepin 'On", but solar uninspired at both the main chorus riff. Uncharacteristically easy listening with destination TV. A semi ballad
little success, that's what "Rocket To Your Heart." Seems to be composed by any band of emo kids that plague their ears in this dark musical period. Oh, okay, let's not exaggerate. It is not emo, but still sucks.
"FU $" or "Fuck You Money," says the hatred of Danger Danger to the money as it has affected his career. The text definitely saves only shared in part by a sunken track banality. Too bad.
It finally returns to the office with "Beautiful Regret ': start crackling and moving in style early Danger Danger, pity that you know you've heard a half kilometer. Finally
with "Never Give Up" we allow ourselves to be carried away by the first ballad worthy of the name. Still nothing earth-shattering, we are far light years from gems like "I Still Think About You" or "Afraid Of Love."
With "Dirty Mind", one of the best episodes of the album, you close a controversial work in which the Danger Danger seem to remain fairly afloat without too much effort. I sincerely hope that this measure serves as a vacuum in heating, depending on a new album that finally marks the return with a bang.
In the meantime if you want to have fun, Ravana in the old catalog.
Danger Danger - "Revolve" (2009, Frontiers) is titled "No Guts No Glory" and will be released February 23, 2010 on Roadrunner. Here are the words of Aussie rockers in this regard:
frontman Joel O'Keefe said "Working with Johnny was great: one of us. We have limited ourselves to accommodate the equipment, connect the microphone and play! good times." Drummer Ryan's brother, Joel, confirms: "We put the microphones throughout the building, leaving doors and windows open and pressed the button 'REC'" And here comes the first Italian dates available: 02/28/2010
Estragon, Bologna 03/01/2010
Alpheus, Rome
3/3/2010 Alcatraz, Milan
For those who lived on Mars, "No Guts No Glory "is the second studio album for Airborne, to follow the crazy" Running Wild "in 2008, the first album reviewed in this blog.
Good waiting!
release new album title and Airborne! A good three years away from "Christ Illusion, Slayer we slam into the face of fierce" Painted World Blood ". Forty minutes in which the low wall of sound of butchers California overwhelm you without compromise, just to let you know that this time you do not fuck.
Written and recorded in just over four months, the album consists of eleven songs, six of which consist of Kerry King (guitar) and five by Jeff Hanneman (guitar). Recall that the previous album are Dave Lombardo on drums, back after several-year hiatus from the band, which had been replaced by the excellent Paul Bostaph. Tom Araya as always at the microphone and behind the now ubiquitous sound of thrash producer, Rick Rubin. The sound is not clean, so it's heavy and dusty as it should be. We're talking about Slayer, not the Teletubbies. Original It starts now in the fifth with the title track "Blood Painted World," the second single from the album, with his furious riff of clear matrix Hanneman, enhanced by the break much more melodic than in the recent past. The icing on the cake, the voice of Tom Araya, who in my opinion over the years, blends better with the sound of the band. Thanks also to his solo reminds hallucinated some classics of the '80s period.
Speed \u200b\u200bis the key word to define "Unit 731", and if You know the furious riffing and the drumming of the good old days, you can have an idea: no time to recover from the solos of Kerry and Jeff crossed the finish two minutes and a half. And you feel as if you had passed him in a truck which obviously have not had time to take the license plate. "Beauty Through Order" that after starting a very "Season In The Abyss" (1990) ... continues just as if it had been composed for this great album! The almost martial rhythm gives way only half a solo piece with a consequent change of time and just riff on Oscar. Headbanging insured for the likely future classic that will surely make the dead (literally) under the stage.
flying start with "Hate Worldwide", the third single from the soundtrack for a perfect metal blender, given the nastiness that permeates and speed of execution.
The heavy metal extreme state of the art in this album is called "Public Display Of Dismemberment", composed by Kerry King in a state of grace that focuses virtually all the ideas that made him famous in his career along with colleague Jeff in two minutes and a half bestial.
"Human Strain" is permeated with an atmosphere much more elaborate, but not least "angosicante," with its pounding rhythm and the fantastic vocals of Araya, who played crucial to the success of the piece.
the vein of experimental "Jihad" from the previous platter, Kerry King offers us "Americon" different and more accessible, it would almost say "commercial", but we're still talking about the Slayer.
We're back to classic sound with "Psychopathy Red", first single, with two adjectives that describe Count: fucking brilliant. Point. E 'already a classic. A classic that rips the bones from the body and I'll crumble in two minutes.
are back atmosphere sick of Human Strain "with" Playing With Dolls, "made for calm (relative to the sound of Slayer, of course) in view of the listener conlusiva" Not Of This God, concentrated tornado sound of fury composition and hatred.
It is rumored that this might be the last Slayer album. I sincerely hope not, because we have once again shown who's boss with an album is not perfect, but directed to a specific audience that wants exactly what I have described. Fuck experiments and contamination, Slayer are unique. You can hate them, you love them, you can not understand them, but they are there and, trust me, even if they do not shit, sooner or later you will find them. E 'was also the case for me and will be for the metalheads that have yet to be born to find out masterpieces like "Reign In Blood" (1986).
Slayer - "Painted World Blood" (2009, American) Unstoppable Blackie Lawless, who after fifteen years of his career and fourteen studio albums, still manages to produce quality music . Yes, because this "Babylon" album which turns on the figure of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, is the worthy successor of the incredible "Dominator" in 2007, which blew up the fans, but most skeptics, in their chairs. It starts immediately in the fourth with the inspired "Crazy," in which the rousing chorus is king, in a very successful hard rock song.
"Live To Die Another Day" is classic WASP riff and chorus directed strappaorecchie, to sing in a convertible launched on route 66. Fantastic. Indistinguishable style percussion WASP Following the first of two covers, or "Burn" (originally recorded for the album, "Dominator" but then excluded): nice office, but certainly for exclusive merit of Deep Purple. Much better than the original.
"Into The Fire" is a mid tempo that would be evocative, but it is a bit 'off because of the banality of its structure. Very high levels
instead for "Red Thunder," a frontal assault on the basis of sex and blood rock, in the face. Fantastic and casino!
Try to swim in the "Seas Of Fire", if you dare. Your score would be this great song, this time more conducive to metal to rock, in a crescendo of pathos that culminates in one spot and amazing in a very bad final bridge.
The last piece is the original crazy power ballad "Godless Run ", really creepy. To listen to ball especially for its super solos bring to mind those monster ballad of the late '80s, early '90s, that excites us even today.
It closes with" Promised Land "cover Chuck Berry incattivita by WASP until it becomes almost unrecognizable. Evolution or cover avoidable? to you will judge.
A great album-style WASP, which contains all the ingredients to be appreciated in the live and the only weakness in cover-filler, clear ploy to cover the small number of unpublished works.
The WASP will be Nov. 23 at Estragon in Bologna and Milan Alcatraz November 24: Due to the last two explosives work, and given the spectacular theatricality hued horror of their shows, let us a little thought!
WASP - "Babylon" (2009, Demolition) to celebrate the reunion propose the review of the album best of all-star band called Mr. Big. Mr. Big are in fact composed of four monsters, technically speaking: Eric Martin (vocals, also sings in his band, The Twin Dragons), Paul Gilbert (guitar, also plays in Racer-X), Billy Sheean (called "the Van Halen of the bass, "ex-David Lee Roth and two thousand other bands) and Pat Torpey (drums, also played with Chris Impellitteri). In the last two albums was replaced Gilbert with Richie Kotzen, resulting in radical change of sound. In the same year the record that Mr. Big and the customs clearance of the general public, "Lean Into It," features a hard rock (or if you prefer "AOR", or "Adult Oriented Rock ") simply state of the art. The eye-catching cover depicts a detail of a photo taken after the derailment of a train in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris, in 1985.
The album contains two songs that earned the success and became famous thanks to a little radio airplay 'everywhere. go into detail in the review. follows the beautiful "Alive And Kickin '", my favorite album, classic hard rock of law that arises among the best songs of the genre.
"Green-Tinted Sixties Mind" is about a girl who lives as if they were in the sixties. The 'green' of the title refers, as explained in the notes of the album, the greenish tint that the images of films of the 60s. Dunno, if they say! The piece opens with a spectacular strikes immediately and unfolds in a captivating and original musical ground. The
'CDFF' in the title of "CDFF - Lucky This Time" is refers to the 'fast forward' (fast forward) of the then infant CD players, and is justified by the original start of the song, which could send in a panic who does not read the title, or the classic 'noise' you hear when you play Fast CD. For the record, the song you hear at this juncture is the bombastic "Addicted To That Rush" of "Mr. Big". The piece is a beautiful semi-acoustic ballad. A solo acoustic
introduces us to the fantastic "Voodoo Kiss", my second favorite piece, which turns out to be stopped with his pace fresh and original.
The lilting "Never Say Never" delights us with a chorus impossible not to sing out loud and accompanies us to the next track, The second single "Just Take My Heart": simply the best ballad I've ever heard in my life. It is recommended for listening at full volume with your soul mate. Poetically beautiful the chorus: "Take my heart when you go, I just did not need."
"My Kinda Woman" brings us up rough terrain with the skill now in evidence for Mr. Big. Part
soft, warm and enveloping "A Little Too Loose" and then burst into an eruption of blues oscar contaminated with hard rock.
We are almost in close contact with the crackling "Road To Ruin", a song about the problems 'heart' consists of Pat Torpey. The epic choruses trascinantissimi blatantly '80s.
It closes with the ballad, the first single, which has pulled the album from rags to riches: "To Be With You". Damn nice, though less than "Just Take My Heart", has an undeniable feeling that more commercial, has made the world. A year ago I was in a mall and I heard on the radio of a grocery store, just to make you understand the degree of fame that has allowed not only to promote the great album, but also to survive until the today!
In the Japanese version is typical bonus track, "Love Makes You Strong", which despite the title is a daring shot rock to a thousand, even if it is less valuable than artistic the rest of the disc. In short, a closure for extra busy Japanese brothers who so love this great band. In the years following the
publish Mr. Big (and a lot of live, often useless) the album "Bump Ahead" (1993, contains the hallucinatory "Colorado Bulldog" and the cover 'trawl' of "Wild World" Cat Stevens) and "Hey Man" (1996, directed towards softer sound than in the past), gaining a growing popularity, but only in Japan. Problem with that, along with disagreements among the members of the band, will lead to the dissolution in 1997 following the abandonment of Paul Gilbert.
Engaged Richie Kotzen in 1999, back on track with our records are not always at the top such as "Get Over It "(2000) and" Actual Size "(2001), and then melt again in 2002 after the release of their seventh and final (!!!) live," Live In Japan ".
In 2009, after to pressure from fans and on the twentieth anniversary of the band, Mr. Big are back with the original lineup to undertake a world tour that has also recently reached Italy and has finally clarified the love of audiences around the world for a of the best bands in rock history.
we expect a new album? Currently there are no official statements, but given the climate of reunion that involved many historical groups in recent years, I think (and hope) that it is very likely .
Meanwhile deliziamoci well with their old, big, vast repertoire.
Mr. Big - Lean Into It "(1991, Atlantic) Richie who? Mr. Kotzen is one of the guitarists with lesser-known square balls, while providing equity in famous bands such as Poison (album "Native Tongue" in 1993, perhaps the best of the band, thanks to Richie that later ... was kicked out because he now has pumped the wife of the drummer, but they are details!) and Mr. Big, as well as a very enviable solo career twenty years. Opens dances "My Messiah" and bluesy rocker Richie Kotzen as trademarks. Like many of his songs have a vocal grain soul which helps to involve the listener in apparently raw musical texture.
"Paying Dues" is a classic happy song and over the top that you can find in (almost) all the albums by Richie. Simply sparkling, is the single to promote the album. What a voice, guys, what a voice! I saw him live two years ago and I assure you that is to be creepy as he's good! "Lie To Me" is a typical ballad with Richie Kotzen, not much different from those written in the past, but no less exciting.
The super-sick blues riff is what characterizes the title track, that is just for unleashing a bit '. Loudness
old-fashioned for the wonderful "We're All Famous" and his solos just out of the ordinary.
It 's the time of the spectacular and lilting "You Got Me," another piece chain before the even more fantastic "Long Way From Home".
Once over the top ballad ("Catch Up To Me") and then back down to the sparkling blues of "Your Entertainer". New semiacoustic
break with "Larger Than Life" followed closely by rilassantissima and moving "Holding On". What class!
It closes with a cover of the Jackson 5, the bubbly "I Want You Back".
an artist who never ceases to amaze and that seems to have no creative limits.
If you liked this album, let me indicate something else in his vast discography: "Mother Head's Family Reunion" (1994), "Get Up" (2004) and "Return Of The Mother Head's Family Reunion" (2007) are undoubtedly the best.
If you prefer the softer sound bets on "Something To Say" (1997), while for fans of guitarists like Malmsteen and Marty Friedman, dusted off the fast "Electric Joy" (1991).
Remember this name: Richie Kotzen, an artist spectacular for everyone.
Richie Kotzen -" Peace Sign "(2009, Columbia) For those who do not know them, Primal Fear were founded by Ralf Scheepers (vocals), when, after leaving the Gamma Ray's Kai Hansen, discovers that he was not chosen by Judas Priest to replace Rob Halford after his departure. Here, Primal Fear are practically clones of Judas Priest and German since 1998 on a regular churn of classic heavy metal album that have almost all the seminal "Painkiller" (1991, Judas Priest, in fact). Mat Sinner In this album, bassist and main songwriter, gives its best, together with colleagues Randy Black (drums), Henny Wolter (guitar) and Magnus Karlsson (guitar), the newcomer for the first time, replacing Stefan Leibing .
whole album is permeated by a more epic than just brutality the past, and that's good, because it helps to give the quid above. But back to the piece. A riffone hued power metal takes us on a stolen piece that seems more inspired by the Gamma Ray. Solo very engaging. Excellent piece, but does not solve the problem of originality.
Riff heavy as a boulder for "Six Times Dead (16.6), very inspired and a new air carrier of Primal Fear at home, thanks to malatissimo solo. Headbanging insured.
Pertenza Oriental for "Black Rain", a wonderful piece that speaks of betrayal in war dall'epicità through the intro and bridge to the chorus as simple as dragging. Only spot is as well built as rhythmic inventiveness.
"Under The Radar" enhances his feeling to ride, but the stench of Gamma Ray feels a mile away. Anyway good song.
leaving fulminating solo for "5.0/Torn, who continued in spectacular fashion and with a character that gives way ispiratissimo progressive style Primal Fear only in the chorus. Bending and harmonics to handle.
"Soar" is really angry from the first second! Excellent song, too bad only the banality of topics: nuclear explosions, wars e. .. 2012. It 'also the most experimental album, as witnessed by the center.
"Killbound", which refers to a legion of mercenaries, like something out of "Jugulator" Judas Priest feeling, sound and setting of the song etc.. Another great example of heavy metal.
"No Smoke Without Fire" features never dull atmosphere and great effect, just what you need this album. Still
Teutonic power metal to lead the way for "Night After Night." There is talk of
revenge inspired by the "Smith & Wesson, a gunshot sound in my ears. Definitely failed.
Guess what could treat "The Exorcist"? Bravi. The music can be defined quite simply by quoting abatantuoniana "VIULEEEEEEEEEEEEEENZ'!!!".
The beautiful ballad "Hands Of Time" shows off the tender soul of the band, closing well as an excellent disk.
We appreciate the innovative efforts of the sound, but you can do more.
Finally, a good album of classic metal, tending to power, without being pretentious, which aims to satisfy the palates of fans without slavishly reproduce the same (great stuff), old story of the previous albums.
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Loves Gossip: Alessandra Amoroso and the mysterious boy Lecce The singer, who won the last edition of and friends, talent show Maria De Filippi after photos of this summer that portrayed in the company of a mysterious boy, now befriends another boy. His name is James , and it was the paparazzi gravure Viewed , and spend a romantic evening with Alessandra, including complicit glances and smiles speak for themselves. The girl, however, denies that there is between the two of tender:
"There is nothing between us." But the shots do not do justice to his statements. James live in the same apartment that he shares with other girls Amoroso, and some are not convinced that the two there is just a simple friendship!
Gossip Loves Rocco Pietrantonio asked the hand of Lory Del Santo After the beautiful cascade of water that has washed away the rumor according to which Rocco Pietrantonio had a flirtation with Manila Gorio , the host of trans Teleregione arrives a new gossip about the couple Lory - Rocco :
"Rocco asked me to marry him on his birthday, August 30." That is what he said Lory Del Santo the weekly Diva and Donna , which explains how to blindly trust his companion, and the proposal received, says:
"It 'a step to be evaluated very carefully, I care a lot and if I had to do it, certainly would not do it for fun." Lory then commented pResult the flirtation between Rocco and Manila, saying
"He's very handsome, available. Maybe too much politeness is mistaken for something more, but it is only a vision her ". tronista If loyalty is certain his former girlfriend, where is the problem?
Gossip Vip: Nina Moric single again
right, for the beautiful Nina Moric was not entirely happy then a summer (or perhaps, depending on your point of view!). About a week ago, in fact, has made official the news of her new single status, directly during transmission Morning Five , revealing that his affair with Massimo Baltimore came to an end. And to think that Max had given back the smile, after the abrupt closure with ex-husband Fabrizio Corona . But from the outset, the new history Baltimore seemed to be short-lived. We recall the fact of treason with Moric Nicolò Oddi until the final break.
"We lost. There is still much love for my part, but we were tired and we made this decision. I'm sorry." This was stated by the showgirl, in spite of TV does not show then great sorrow for this latest failed romance. In fact, Nina has also sported a new look, and spirited, said he would begin a new adventure. Whether it's new reality show that will make the main character ( The Tribe - Mission India , author's note) or a new story on the site, the above only with time.
Gossip Likes: Bobo Vieri and Melissa Satta a walk in New York Gossip Here they are walking to the Big Apple, the player Bobo Vieri and girlfriend, the former tissue Melissa Satta . The two were paparazzi moment of relaxation, although it seems that in New York was not just a holiday. Bobo Vieri had indeed been invited to participate in a poker tournament, and of course there could have been presented without his partner! And so, as the former, Elisabetta Canalis , made merry in Italy with the handsome George Clooney , Bobo and Melissa are the VIPs abroad, awaiting thrown back at work. Melissa Satta in fact, was called upon to enliven the evenings Controcampo with his presence. I wonder how he would manage!
Estate: De Fazio to Syria last topless moms
Here it is again the center of gossip summer, Syria De Fazio, a former contestant of Big Brother , as well as future participants of the reality show The Tribe - Mission India . Syria gives one of the last days of vacation before the reality, and for the occasion is strictly paparazzi topless and in the company of a girl, she tries to define (unsuccessfully) "just a friend" . However, the two 'friends' were photographed for as long as you give many hugs to each other. If this is friendship ... Meanwhile, with regard The Tribe , Syria claims to be a bit worried for all the tests of survival will face, as he confesses that he had never practiced sport. To look at these pictures and judging from the physical, not it seems ...
Gossip: Ilaria D'Amico in pregnant It 's time for the stork's arrival in women of the show. The future new mother called an appeal, this time Ilaria D'Amico. This is what has leaked from the law but also by rumors in the drafting of Milan Sky. No official statement by D'Amico, but the rounded shapes seem to support more and more rumors circulating for a while, even on the Web In preparation for all give some to the arrival of a baby The journalist and her partner Rocco Attisani. Pending officialdom, We congratulate the prospective parents!
Gossip Likes: Constantine and Linda together again
Among the former tronista Costantino Vitagliano and Linda Santaguida seems to be back in summer. Constantine has held, on the weekly Top :
"Linda and I feel tuti day, I'll see you again." not all. The two lovebirds were paparazzi together in Porto Cervo, between hugs and looks accomplices. Since 2007, we remember, among the two there were many coming and going, characterized by various crises, as well as moments of serene peace. After 3 years together, however, Constantine had taken its final decision, leaving Linda. Meanwhile, the two returned to dating, and we hope that this time, the time is really good!
Gossip Moms: Elisabetta Gregoraci pregnant. The family soon Briatore parents And here is the long-awaited news that we waited to hear, after the denial of marriage breakdown between the showgirl Elisabetta Gregoraci and her husband Flavio Briatore . The weekly Who reveals that Gregoraci has learned of her pregnancy while on vacation in Sardinia, then communicating it to her husband Flavio, who is related by marriage since June 14 last year. Elizabeth then spent a relaxing week in Calabria, with her family, and then to the companion in Venice at the Venice Film Festival. meantime we make the best of luck for the first stork arriving home Briatore!
Gossip Moms: Trevisan and first of his little Nicola
last June 15, the showgirl Trevisan and his companion, singer Pago, are now parents of Nicholas . After two and a half months after birth, Miriam has her baby, and does so through the pages of People , in which he describes as being a mother has changed her life:
"I am tender, loving. I've actually always had a maternal attitude with everyone: with friends, with my husband." And after the quiet period of pregnancy, said today:
"has always been waiting for this baby. I thought so so sweet and peaceful because I had a peaceful pregnancy. I knew it would male, who had the face of my husband. If you look closely he looks like, in miniature. I felt that this would happen. " For Miriam, there are dancing in a variety of work projects, but ensures that as soon return to work, even his little Nicholas will always be with her.
Estate Gossip: the strange look of Fabrizio Corona on the beach Fabrizio Corona just can not do it to stay away from the spotlight, or rather, from the eye of the prying paparazzi, and so, even accidentally (maybe), was again taken by photographers of the weekly Dipiù , on the beaches of Versilia, Forte dei Marmi, with a look of its own. The photos tell the whole story already, but we can not stress how his red costume has been paired with taste (?), In sneakers accompanied by white socks 'thick'. Gossips, as always intervene, citing as a likely explanation for the bizarre look, the complex of Corona relative to its height. The fact is that we definitely prefer 'low' but no white socks at the beach. What do you think?
Loves Gossip: Elisabetta Gregoraci denied her marriage crisis. Love and career is booming The weekly Dina and Donna, had recently suggested a major crisis in the marriage of Elisabetta Gregoraci and Flavio Briatore . But, like any self-respecting celebrity, here comes the denial on time!
"I have already amply refuted this news is absolutely false. I was amazed that a magazine like" Diva and woman "does not verify the news before publishing them. So no worries!" No crisis too, indeed, the weekly Of Everything want to confess how to be happy now, even in the future, and want to have a child with the man she loves:
"We are united by mutual respect and for the future dream of being as happy as they are today. My dream in the cassette is to become a mother. " Apart from love, even the career of the beautiful Gregoraci seems to be doing well! He has, in fact, recently concluded the run of the reality-shock, Celebrity Scalpel , despite the controversy that has obtained a large number of visitors, keen to the program. heyday then, for the Lady Briatore!
