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Artist: Danger Zone |
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In the
late eighties many bands in the Melodic and Hard Rock genres fell foul
to the Grunge scene, bands were thrown by the wayside by labels as they
looked to Seattle for the new one minute wonders who could earn them a
quick buck, but as history shows you can't keep a good thing down and
although the Melodic and Hard scene is seen by many to be an underground
movement, it's army of fans have remained loyal to the cause and kept a
light shining at the window in the hope that the good times come back.
Until then we must recapture those hidden gems and bands that didn’t
get the breaks before it all went pear shaped. One
such band are Italian Melodic rockers Danger Zone who were on the verge
of something big back in the day, but alas the Grunge movement halted
that dream. It's now 2011 and Grunge has gone by the wayside and
the world of Melodic Rock is about to witness what going to be the bands
debut album entitled ‘Line Of Fire’. Remastered
from the original recordings this album finally gets to see the light of
day at last, and what a crime this would have been if it hadn’t.
This is an album that epitomizes the genre and the time and
doesn’t sound dated in the least. From
the opener and title track ‘Line of Fire’ you’ll be transported to
a better time, with lead guitarist Roberto Priori firing out the licks
while vocalist Glacomo Gigantelli comes across as
mix between Don Dokken and Joe Lynn Turner, really giving the
track a lot of bite. Track
two continues to show what the band are capable of as they beef up the
T-Rex classic ‘Children Of The Revolution’, the first of three
covers on the album that rock big style. The
band show off their gentle ballad moments with the excellent ‘Walk
Away’ before turning up the heat once more with the groove filled
‘Fingers’, which features a certain Grace Jones on backing vocals.
Then it’s the ballsy hard rockin’ of ‘State of Mind’ with Priori
again shooting from the hip on his six string razor. Things
keep the a good hard rocking pace with ‘Hardline’ and my personal
favourite the slam dunkin’ heavy metal lined ‘The Hunger’. The
second of the covers comes in the form of ‘Let Me Rock’, originally
done by Chequered Past a one off by a band that featured Michael Des
Barnes on vocals, ex-Sex Pistol Steve Jones and the rhythm from Blondie,
before we reach the final cover on this album and there's a real twist
with this one as they cover Countries Eddie Rabbit’s ‘That’s Why I
Fell In Love With You’. The
album closes as it started with
a ballsy rock anthem in ‘Love Dies Hard’, which rounds off a great
album and one that will mark the return of Danger Zone to the scene
after many years with new material on the way and live gigs planned,
again showing that no matter what's thrown at the genre, it always comes
out fighting and let's hope the band get to live the dream this time
round. |
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| Tracklisting:
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Line of Fire |
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