Electric Guitars (DK) Genre: Hard Rock Label: Target Records Albumtitle: Electric Guitars Duration: 55.28 Min
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Band: Electric Guitars (DK) Genre: Hard Rock Label: Target Records Albumtitle: Electric Guitars Duration: 55.28 Min. Releasedate: 26.05.2014 The name of the band already suggests it: The guitars are staying in the foreground! And which kind of genre would be better as the good old Hard Rock? The two guitarists Søren Andersen and Mika Vandborg, who are no beginners have written all the songs on the album on their own, which constitutes their debut. Søren played in Mike Tramp's old company White Lion and was also active in the Glenn Hughes band (vocals and bass by Deep Purple) over the past five years. Furthermore the band was chosen as supporting act for an actual Deep Purple concert in Copenhagen. Beyond that the two guitarists were active in countless Danish bands which shouldn’t be so well known over here. Also solo albums were released where people like Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Marco Mendoza (Twisted Sister), Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, G3) and Tommy Aldridge (Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, MARS, Whitesnake) could be heard. Musically the band lies somewhere in the intersection between Rock'n'Roll and AOR. So the guys are not drifting so far away from their influences. The guys of the band and the producer made it that the sound of the album is sounding live loaded so that the energy of the company is well transported to the listener. Besides that the melodies are in the foreground and also the backing vocals becoming a relevant importance as it is typical for this genre. From time to time the songs are a little bit to icky ("So far away") and mainstream loaded ("Ronnie"). As a consequence the history is too predictable and the arcs of suspense couldn’t be hold up for so long. Mostly the band is as its best when it is getting heavier ("Easy way out") but also the melody dominating songs could be convince. The band invented something very special with "Hero of Mine". Within nearly ten minutes the band bows for the most influential guitarists from their home country. There you can hear ten of the best Danish guitarists with one solo of each of them. This concept is reminding a little bit to the Hear'n aid history from Dio in the 80’s. Conclusion: A little bit to tame album which has its moments but not coming on a constant high level. Rating: 7/10 Weblink: http://www.electricguitars.dk and http://www.facebook.com/ElectricGuitarsDK Lineup: Søren Andersen – Guitar and vocals Mika Vandborg – Guitar and vocals Peter Kjøbsted – Bass Morten Hellborn - Drumms Metal Only e.V. Wolfgang Steiner Hohenstaufenstr. 56 D-73779 Deizisau [email protected] www.metal-only.de Tracklist: 01. Four leaf clover 02. Break it up 03. So far away 04. Easy way out 05. Spotlight 06. Never mind the dog 07. You're on fire 08. Ronnie 09. Elevator blues 10. Baby I love you 11. Horsefly 12. Hero of mine Author: Leatherface / Translation: Matthias Metal Only e.V. Wolfgang Steiner Hohenstaufenstr. 56 D-73779 Deizisau [email protected] www.metal-only.de .