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  2. CYANIDE 4 - Nekyia (2017)

    in Sleaze Glam

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    Some time ago this blog featured the previous album from CYANIDE 4, and now they have unleashed the new effort "Nekyia" via Perris Records, where the quartet clearly grew up both in songwriting and performances.

     

    While Cyanide 4 stick to the formula of Euro sleaze from their origins, on "Nekyia" the band is much more focused on catchiness adding a melodic hard rock approach to the songs. Even their image has changed in favor to a more 'hard rock look'.

     

    Opener 'Restless' is a riotous sleaze uptempo rocker with Crashdiet as reference, but right on track 2 'Rock 'n' Roll Hero' the anthemic intention appear with a chorus in the early Crazy Lixx style.

     

    'She-Mystery Girl' has an obvious Shotgun Messiah feel to it but this is a good thing in my book. G.A. Sinn has improved a lot in his way of sing, and on this track the swagger is if full form.

     

    'Lucky 13' is quite commercial with a Hardcore Superstar-like groove, then 'A Light Among Darkness' is more Americanized (early Vain) with a melodic hard rock touch.

     

    'Getaway' is one of the strongest tracks plenty of intense riffs, while closer 'Love Me When I'm Dead' is fast, groovy, with stinging guitars and a nice slow break in the middle, plus a pinch of Scandinavian melodies somehow like Dynazty's first album.

     

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    Melodic hard sleaze are not only a Swedish exclusivity anymore, as this band from Greece are labelled as one of the most promising bands from the genre in the current European scene.

     

    Extensive touring, including opening slots for Lizzy Borden, Scorpions, Crashdiet, W.A.S.P., etc, has paved its dividends as Cyanide 4 sounds really confident on this new album "Nekyia".

     

    Solid stuff.

     

    01 - Restless
    02 - Rock 'n' Roll Hero
    03 - She-Mystery Girl
    04 - Incinerate
    05 - Lucky 13
    06 - A Light Among Darkness
    07 - Amphetamine Dreams
    08 - Getaway
    09 - Fading Memories
    10 - Love Me When I'm Dead

     

    G.A SINN: vocals, rhythm guitar
    NASTY GEORGE: bass
    ALEX RATED: drums
    DYAN MAIR: lead guitar

     

    BUY IT !
    www.perrisrecords.com/new_releases/cyanide_4___nekyia/
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  4. DRAGONFORCE - Reaching Into Infinity (2017)

    in Heavy Metal

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    By their seventh album "Reaching Into Infinity" to be released next Friday, you’d be forgiven for expecting DRAGONFORCE to settle into a middle-aged rut, enthusiastically chasing their own tail for a diminishing audience of insatiable fanatics strumming plastic swords like air guitars.

     

    If there were any hints of that fate on 2014’s aptly titled Maximum Overload, on this follow-up Dragonforce have found a new lease of life, and fresh boosts of passion and exuberance, thanks mostly to their own strenuous efforts to remain a distinctive and audacious world-class metal phenomenon.

     

    The melodies are more assertive, the arrangements breathlessly wired and shot through with multiple distractions, but they have a stronger, more organic flow as unlikely disparate elements bang together to produce sparks.

     

    Things start of in familiar territory with ‘Ashes Of The Dawn’ which contains all the usual Dragonforce signatures, blistering guitar work, soaring vocals and a thunderous rhythm section combined with glorious melodies. ‘Judgement Day’ keeps up the pace with more virtuoso guitar work courtesy of Herman Li and Sam Totman, the guys never fail to impress and the fact that they make it look so easy live is a thing of wonder.

     

    This is the first recorded outing for new drummer Gee Anzalone and he is clearly the right man for the job.

     

    The music continues apace with ‘Astral Empire’ and ‘Curse Of Darkness’ flashing by in a hail of rapid fire riffs. The pace then slows a little for ‘Silence’, a Dragonforce power ballad of the first degree with a fantastic vocal from Marc Hudson.

     

    ‘Midnight Madness’ takes you firmly back into the fast lane with a cracking melody flowing through the song before the first real surprise of the record.

     

    With the track ’War!’ Dragonforce go for the throat with an all-out metal stab, dispalying a sound never heard before in Dragonforce.

     

    The other surprising track is the 10 minute epic ‘Edge Of The World’. It's like a homage to the best that Iron Maiden has to offer, and the NWOBHM in general. The track starts off slowly before building to a huge middle section complete with Anzalone's drumming in full artillery mode, firing off the double bass drum volleys in devastating fashion alongside the melodic ballads. Killer track.

     

    ‘Our Final Stand’ rounds off the album, which again is classic Dragonforce.

     

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    This already released Japanese Edition includes the exclusive bonus track 'Gloria', another curious side of this 'new' Dragonforce.

     

    It's a cover of a song from a popular '80s Japanese band named Ziggy, originally a pop-rock song, and in the hands of Dragonforce turned into a classic metal sounding tune, plenty of melody and catchiness.

     

    I never liked this band, honestly. But since the addition of singer Marc Hudson (this is the third record with them) plus some musical twists lately, Dragonforce continue to go from strength to strength.

     

    Again, this is varied album from the classic power, epic metal, to a more melodic side influenced by classic, traditional metal, NWOBHM, etc, bringing a welcomed 'new' sound to this British band.

     

    And I like what I hear.

     

    01 - Reaching into Infinity
    02 - Ashes of the Dawn
    03 - Judgement Day
    04 - Astral Empire
    05 - Curse of Darkness
    06 - Silence
    07 - Midnight Madness
    08 - WAR!
    09 - Land of Shattered Dreams
    10 - The Edge of the World
    11 - Our Final Stand
    12 - Gloria [Japan bonus track]

     

    Marc Hudson – lead vocals, backing vocals
    Herman Li – guitars, backing vocals
    Sam Totman – guitars, backing vocals
    Vadim Pruzhanov – keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    Frédéric Leclercq – bass guitar, backing vocals
    Gee Anzalone – drums

     

    BUY IT !
    www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WPCR-17718

     

     

     

     

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  9. Baltimore Rocks -- Blast From The Past

    in General Music Discussion

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    Looks like it may happen. The guys met recently and hung together for the first time in 20+ years (minus the drummer). Two members are in CHARM CITY DEVILS (Anthony and Victor). Kevin the singer now lives in NC and isn't doing any music. Mike the guitarist was in the bands Rogues Choir, Mommi Im Scared, and currently in RACE THE RAT. Drummer Lance Thomas came into the band when original drummer Eric Anderson left back in 1990.

     

    On Facebook, they posted a pic of the 4 original guys with the caption "Had a blast hanging together again. Next time, we pick up the instruments!".

     

    I am working on getting them a label to release their tunes.

  11. Harem Scarem united

    in AOR and Hard Rock

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    I just went through and listed all of my favorite Harem Scarem tracks from Weight Of The World to United.

     

    Weight Of The World

     

    Weight Of The World

    Killing Me
    Outside Your Window
    All I Want
    This Ain't Over
    If You
    Voice Inside
    End Of Time

     

    Higher

     

    Reach
    Waited
    Torn Right Out
    Give It To You
    Higher
    Run And Hide
    Lucky Ones
    Lies
    Gone
    Lost
    Wishing

     

    Overload

     

    Dagger
    Afterglow
    Rise & Fall
    Don't Come Easy
    Can't Live With You
    Forgive & Forget
    All You're Getting
    Leading Me On
    Understand You

     

    Human Nature

     

    Human Nature
    Next Time Around
    Caught Up In Your World
    Reality
    Hanging On
    Don't Throw It Away
    21
    Starlight
    Going Under
    Tomorrow May Be Gone

     

    Hope

     

    Watch Your Back
    Time Bomb
    Hope
    Days Are Numbered
    Dark Times
    Beyond Repair
    Never Too Late
    Shooting Star
    Nothing Without You

     

    13

     

    Garden Of Eden
    Early Warning Signs
    The Midnight Hours
    Whatever It Takes
    Saints And Sinners
    All I Need
    Troubled Times
    Never Say Never
    Stardust

     

    United

     

    United

    Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
    Sinking Ship
    One Of Life's Mysteries
    Bite The Bullet
    Things I Know
    Heaven And Earth
    Indestructible

  18. Harem Scarem united

    in AOR and Hard Rock

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    AWESOME:

     

    My first spin ratings:

     

    United 8.5/10
    Here Today Gone Tomorrow 9.25/10
    Gravity 8.5/10
    Sinking Ship 9/10
    One Of Life's Mysteries 9.5/10
    No Regrets 8/10
    Bite The Bullet 9.5/10
    Things I Know 9/10
    The Sky Is Falling 8.75/10
    Heaven And Earth 8.5/10
    Indestructible 8.25/10

     

    TOTAL: 88%

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