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I'll join you here.....for me it's my favorite of the last 3 albums. All great and all 90+ albums, but I just really dig the new one. There's really nothing on it I dislike whereas there's 2-3 songs on each of the previous couple albums I didn't care much for.

Excellent. Also heard recently that Eclipse is aiming to have their next album out in May or June 2019. Defiants and Eclipse are 2 good ones to look forward to.

I had never gotten this album and really never spent any time checking it out much in the past. Digging the album quite a bit. Really some good backing vocal and harmony type stuff on this album and now see how it perfectly led into New Religion. For me this album might be third on my list of CL albums behind Ruff Justice and New Religion. I'd put it ahead of Riot Avenue and the S/T.

Love Tunguska and agree.....Better than Coup for me. Not a single song on Tunguska I get the urge to skip past while there's 3-4 songs on Coup I skip. And honestly, I'm not even sure what I'd say is my favorite song on Coup. I'd probably say We Own The Night or Paper Tiger. Don't get me wrong...I like Coup and it's a solid melodic rock album. Just not much that overly stands out for me. Part of my problem though might be that I was very late to the party on Coup and didn't go back to listen to it until after GOG had come out. There are probably 4-5 songs on Tuguska that I like better than my two favorite songs off Coup. For me Tunguska is easily my favorite of the past 3 albums. I'd rank them Tunguska, GOG, Coup. All are basically 90+ albums for me though and a great collection of music.

Yeah, appears it was taken down. I looked around a bit and can't seem to find it anywhere. Sample was good....Basically sounded like old Tyketto if I remember right.

Got an update on this project today. Will not be released by Kivel Records but will be released independently. See Duane Morano's FB page for info. Think pre-orders will be starting next week. Have this on my watch list as I liked the first tune I heard.

Feel the same. Like the second song more than the first but not overly grabbing me. Not bad though and could be something that grows if I hear a couple other tunes I like.

Updated list....Might be my final one for the year unless I go back and find something I missed. 1. Midnite City - There Goes The Neighbourhood 2. Kissin Dynamite - Ecstasy 3. Shiraz Lane - Carnival Days 4. Treat - Tunguska 5. Maverick - Cold Star Dancer 6. W.e.t - Earthrage 7. Nordic Union - Second Coming 8. Nitrate - Real World 9. Station - More Than The Moon 10. Hearts On Fire - Call Of Destiny Honorable mention just missing the cut - Halestorm, Dangerous Curves, Perfect Plan.

This was an album that I just seemed to find myself liking less the more played it. It was strange...kept feeling like I should've liked it more than I was as it had all the elements I normally like. I think a big part of it was the demo quality feel like you mention. And the vocals bothered me a bit with how screamy they were in parts. Also was put off a bit by some of the poppy effects. It does start off pretty good with the first few songs and the ballad is pretty good....but for me it just tailed off quickly in the second half and really didn't find myself having any desire to return to it. I sold off my CD and didn't even want to keep it. I do think the production impacted my views here. There's some good songs and potential but production and vocals just knocked it off my radar. I don't think it's helped either that I've had a lot of good new stuff to listen to in the past couple months that really just tossed this on the back burner quickly.

Agree with you on this one...Good, solid album. Yeah, not a ball tearer but still a solid listen and I was pleasantly surprised with it as it was a bit better than maybe I was expecting. Well, actually wasn't sure what to expect lol. Second half definitely stronger than the first. I almost feel like the first half is a bit more AORish and the second half gets into a bit more balls going. Ends up being a good mixture of stuff I guess. Currently sitting at my #10 album this year.

Agree! Last album was pretty good but I didn't care for the last 1/4 of it. Didn't like Sickening and Civilized Monsters back to back....Both skips every time for me. Motherland had a few songs too that I never listen to. So excellent stuff spread across the 3 albums though. I think each one has 5-6 absolutely killer tunes.

I'm with you here Falling was my favorite tune off the album....Followed by Every Heartbeat, Go, Wide Awake, Hypocrisy. Every Heartbeat is pretty awesome and a great ballad. I do think New Life Begins on the new album follows along with the same vibe. I'd probably say True Love Awaits is my least favorite song on the album lol. Just bores me and one I normally skip past. Didn't really care much for the Other Side either. Basically, I got a little lukewarm on the second half of the debut outside of Falling and Go. With the new album, I'm not sure I'm feeling any stand out tracks like I did with say Falling from the first album. As I said above, New Life Begins is a solid ballad. Breathtaking is a pretty good mid-tempo number. Outrun You has an interesting arrangement that I like. Final War sounds like a heavy PM tune. Rocks Still Rolling I find myself kinda liking as it has a little different vibe. I can understand the safe and formulatic comments on the new one though as it pretty much is. Not sure much really stands out but it's still pretty good and listenable and nothing I'm really getting the urge to skip. By the same token though, not sure I'd take more than 3-4 songs to my "best of" USB playlist that I have in my car. By comparison, I just put 10 songs from the new Midnite City on that playlist. Still some decent melodic hard rock though.

Not a bad tune...One that I like in it's spot on the album after 3 more upbeat songs. Still like this album quite a bit. Good, solid melodic rock/AOR album IMO. Glenn's probably right above....Bit safe, pretty solid. I also felt like the second half was a bit stronger than the first....Falling Into You might be my favorite tune and like how it seems to pick up the pace a bit in the second half with Rainbow's End, Lost In Paradise and Live and Learn. I still like this album though and finding it enjoyable to listen to.

Those are most of my favs off the first album.... Not really feeling like my favorite songs off the new one are quite as strong as those songs. I'd probably say New Life Begins, Because Of Us, Breathtaking and Outrun You are my early favorites. I get where Geoff is coming from here though. It is a little bit like everything is pretty good and listenable but nothing really stands out and overly grabs you. By the same token though, nothing here I find myself disliking either. It's still an enjoyable listen but not overly wowing me. I do think some of it has to do with the over-saturation of Martensson's style. I mean, 5 years ago I probably would've thought this album was beyond awesome. But now as we've had a couple new Eclipse albums, a Nordic Union album, a couple Pretty Maids albums, a recent W.e.t album....It sorta just becomes a bit safe/predictable. Still good stuff though and I happen to dig Martensson's song crafting style so not a big deal to me. At this point probably feeling like it'll fall in the 6-8 range on my top 10 for this year.

Agree it's probably safe and it's predictable.....It's basically just more of the same from the first album IMO. Martensson has a formula and he's sticking to it. I for one like his formula and haven't really tired of it. I wouldn't say it's far inferior to the first album...pretty similar if you ask me. Maybe the highlights from this aren't quite as strong as the highlights from the first but still a well put together melodic hard rock album. Overall, I think I like the first half of the first album better than the first half of this. But I think I like the second half of this better than the second half of the first. Not sure it's fair to compare to Eclipse and PM as both of those bands have been around a long time and get much more attention by these guys than this side project. For me personally though, this isn't far inferior to those at all....I like all of it

I agree...Sounds better than the debut production-wise and don't really notice it sticking out as being bad by any means. I kind of like a "richer" sound though. I'd much rather have it be in that direction than say the Tokyo Motor Fist album that sounds like the drummer is playing tin cans in spots. By the same token though, I'd agree too that it doesn't sound as crisp as the new Treat by comparison. That album has a great sound to my ears. Haven't heard Groundbreaker or Creye enough to comment on those as didn't like those enough to listen to them

Got a chance to listen to this....Happy to report it's pretty awesome Picks up where the last album left off. My initial impression is this one might even be more solid top to bottom but will need more listens to see how it settles. I just know the debut had a couple songs in the second half that I was a little lukewarm on....But almost feeling like this one gets stronger as it goes along. I think it feels a little bit more varied this time too. Really no surprises here though....Just more excellent melodic hard rock. I freaking love this combination and hearing Ronnie sing these types of songs. For me the best part of Pretty Maids is the more melodic stuff and this project highlights those types of songs.

Pretty meh. I liked a few songs off their debut but never enough to buy it. This song is okay I guess but not really my tastes. This will be a pass for me.

That sounds good I consider myself lucky to have seen them twice here Americans would rather go watch 60 year old has beens year after year than great, new bands who would blow those older acts away and who are actually putting out good, new music. It makes little sense to me.

Not sure I agree about ITGU being better than TDTW.....But do agree that the Gronwall led H.e.a.t albums are all WAY stronger than the earlier two albums. We've been through this before though and there's some that liked H.e.a.t with Kenny that don't like them as much with Erik, some that like them better now and some that liked them with both singers. I'm squarely in the category of liking them with Erik. I go back and forth on what my favorite album from these guys is....Some days it's ATN and others it's TDTW....depends on my mood I guess. Either way, they've went to another level with Erik in my book.

Updated list 1. Midnite City - There Goes The Neighbourhood 2. Kissin Dynamite - Ecstasy 3. Shiraz Lane - Carnival Days 4. Treat - Tunguska 5. Maverick - Cold Star Dancer 6. W.e.t - Earthrage 7. Nitrate - Real World 8. Station - More Than The Moon 9. Hearts On Fire - Call Of Destiny 10. Halestorm - Vicious Honorable mention missing the cut - Dangerous Curves, Perfect Plan. Nordic Union might be the last one this year that could slot in somewhere.

I think I've heard them say it in interviews that it does stand for something but I'm not sure what. I used to think it had something to do with the founding members real names but I have no idea.

I agree with you on that first single.....I'll admit I was one that was scratching my head with that song. Really, it's not a bad song....Just wasn't at all what I was looking for. I think that song combined with the suggestive nature of the album title being a stylistic change sent many people into a tizzy. If they would've led off with Bastard of Society instead of Time On Our Side, I think it would've changed everybody's initial impressions. In reality the album really didn't end up being much different than the last album if you ask me. But first impressions are sometimes hard to break. I get why they did it as it's probably the most commercial and radio friendly song on the album and they were probably hoping to get some airplay with it.