DEAP VALLY-"Marriage"

 

Who said Grunge is dead? Garage ,grunge punk rocking duo DEAP VALLY gives something more than half hour of distorted angst ,polarized with the world no barriers rock n roll written all over it. In your face, dirty, distorted with vocal harmonies from the Hammer Horror film school "Marriage" is an album where NIRVANA meet WHITE STRIPES meet Alice Cooper meet Iggy Pop and the result is not for the faint hearted. Slow, rhythmic, groovy, metallic, comes from the swamps of the garage 60s and wings at the early Grunge years aiming to the mojo. 

 

 

The album is product of experimentation and collaborations as they invite in collaborators such as KT Tunstall, Peaches, Jennie Vee and jennylee, as well as a range of producers including Allen Salmon, Josiah Mazzaschi and Harvey Mason Jr. The LA duo stretches their limits and produce a modern garage rock album, groovy and hypnotic for the 00 generation who live on their cell phone screens, short and immediate,direct and immense.

7,5

 

NASHVILLE PUSSY-"Eaten alive"

 

When we talk about bastard children in rock n roll mythology, NS are among the most successful among them. Often described as the bastard son of AC/DC and MOTORHEAD they have a few line up changes but the spirits remain high and stuck to the original dream, of dirty, distorted, sweaty, drunk and sexy rock n roll. The core duo and couple delivers with the help of a dazzling live album that ooze sweat, beer and cheap cigars. From the opener "Kicked in the teeth '' an AC/DC cover to their own minor or major hits , NP are what they are: an honest heavy rock band that plays fast, loud and dirty. If you haven't heard them till now, this will be a great introduction to an honest, wrecking ball rock n roll band.

 

 

 If you have seen them on stage as I had the luck, you'll just love the sheer power of this live album. In your face, screaming, tight as a Nashville pussy,sexy as a Nashville pussy and most and above all,politically incorrect, aggravating, provoking rock n roll as it used to be and NS still are. Twelve bars distorted high on speed and totally drunk rock n roll for those about to rock.

 

 

7

 

The war on drugs-"I don't live here anymore"

Tom Petty meets Fleetwood Mac meets BOC (Spectres era) and a great middle of the road  rock album is born. At songs like "Victim" you feel the dancing heat melting the rock stereotypes to create a song smooth and addicting as blood for vampires. The war on drugs is giving a great modern rock album that carries the MOR spirit of Tom Petty , his rock muscle combined with the more FM approach of Fleetwood Mac. I wish only for Stevie Nicks to have a chance to participate in this album. Mellow, rhythmic, dreamy, spacey and above all overflowing with melody and musicality, medicine for tired ears and lost souls.

7,5

 

 

Song of the week - J.B.O. - Metal Was My First Love (2021) // Official Music Video // AFM Records

Song of the week

 

J.B.O. - Metal Was My First Love (2021) // Official Music Video // AFM Records

J.B.O. - Metal Was My First Love (2021) // Official Music Video // AFM Records

Taken from the album "Planet Pink", out March 18, 2022. 

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 J.B.O. - Metal Was My First Love (2021) // Official Music Video // AFM Records Everyone knows John Miles' exceptional evergreen "Music Was My First Love".In typical J.B.O. style the German Metal masters made this song to their own even though the energy of the original stays the same. This is the first wake up call from the upcoming album "Planet Pink", released in march 2022. 

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Cynic-ascension codes

 

      
Fusion,prog metal meets new age and disco in an album, delight to the listener, never too heavy, never too prog,where melody meets masterful command of the instruments and everyone puts his input to raise the compositions above the technical yet soulless level where most progressive metal bands stand. The element of new age and even more pop elements is existing at the most part of the album, leaving self indulgence aside, to create musical landscapes that captivates the listeners mind and leave unforgettable to his soul.

 

 

 Don't ask about the musicianship as it is of the highest form and standards. Relax, think and dream listening to CYNIC breaking the codes once again making paradise accessible for all of us out there who listen to music with the heart and not only with our minds.impressions

8

 

Lucifer- Lucifer IV

 

 

Swedish/German retro occult rock with the collaboration of Joanna Sadonis Andersson (THE OATH) and Nicke Andersson (HELLACOPTERS-IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC). Melodic, dark and sinister, Lucifer IV winks at Roky Erickson and FUZZTONES at the same time while biws to BLACK SABBATH, MERCYFUL FATE and distinguish itself due to Sadonis unique voice. Songs that could be instant hits like "Crucifix-(i ll burn for you" and the Robin Beck/KISS influenced "Bring me his head". The melodies are catchy and have the bitterness that is needed to make the album a dark rock masterpiece and not another sugar coated retro rock relic. But Andersson's feeling for a good melody is impeccable and works even at the more dark moments of this band as rock n roll is always the base the ground of his composing work."Mausoleum" is another example of the majestic melodies and atmosphere that LUCIFER creates ,with the additional help at composing of the other guitar players of the band guitarist Linus Björklund’, as well as guitarist Martin Nordin.

 

 

Its been some time since retro rock has sounded so dark and attractive, giving a wink to the underground and the 60s horror film music, keeping the heaviness and the melody firmly attached If the GHOST didn't mind so much for their popularity they may have sounded like these."The funeral pyre " a small instrumental  is another example how, music can be melodic yet scary in the old horror films way without showing too much but insinuating much more."Cold as a tombstone" is groovy, proto metal, like BLACK SABBATH met JEFFERSON AIRPLANE."Louise" has the 60s groove that NA loves.An album that shows the improvement of the band, stylistically and musically, moving from the occult underground to the more mainstream retro rock scene, keeping their dark sides intact and un compromised.

8

Land of Gypsies-"Land and of gypsies"

 

Land of Gypsies-"Land and of gypsies"

 

Land Of Gypsies, formerly known as Gang Of Souls, is a new L.A. based band featuring  vocalist Terry Ilous (XYZ, ex-Great White), together with producer and bassist Fabrizio Grossi (Glenn Hughes, Supersonic Blues Machine, Eric Gales, etc.). Rounding out the lineup are Serge Simic on guitar (The Slam, Supersonic Blues Machine) and Tony Morra on drums.

Blues infused hard rock with some Led Zep.some Bad Co, a bit of FOREIGNER and a lot of 70s with Terry Ilous giving a lifetime performance. A bit more commercial than LedZep with some great organ and DP influences plus a bit of funk at songs like "Not an ordinary man" the band is firing at all cylinders. A band that Glenn Hughes would definitely love to sing at. 

 

 

'Shattered" has this modern female rock feeling kinda Anastasia, while "Trouble" moves more in to the SMALL FACES, HUMBLE PIE, BAD COMPANY field with some vintage WHITESNAKE thrown in and it is tasty as it can be.XYZ  along with SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE are influences but the band aiming for a more modern blues infused sound.  "Somewhere down the line" been another fine example of their soul infused blues rock with a touch of the best of the 90s alternative hooks and melodies.On the other side "Rescue me" is the praise the Led Zep mid tempo song we all have expected and with ΙLous stellar performance learn to love.

7,5