Artist: Eden 
   Title: Into The Within
   Label:
Z Rock Records

'Into The Within' is the 3rd release from British Hard Rockers Eden, a band led by guitarist Vince “Dodgy” O’Regan, who along with Nick Workman the pair are hard working rockers who are bringing back British Hard Rock with a bang with this new release.

This is an all guns blazing British and I say again British, Hard Rock album that gets off to a storming start with ‘Anything Goes’, with O’Regan making his mark on the album early on with some chunky riffs, before Workman unleashes a towering vocal, all the while the massive rhythm section of Al Mills and Lynch Radinsky are the foundation.  Everything else is built upon then all interwoven with the keyboards of James Screaton.

The hard rock just keeps on coming as the tempo is really picked up with ’Revolution Man’, again Workman’s vocals tower above the fiery licks of O’Regan, before one of my favourites off the album the title track ‘Into The Within’, a heady bass line from Mills runs through the entire track, adding a touch of Metal to proceedings.

Things go all classic rock with ‘Here Today (Gone Tomorrow)’, with the keyboards of James Screaton taking centre stage more on this one.  Then it's time for a little eastern promise with the Blue Murderesque tones of ‘Strong’, you all remember 'Valley Of The Kings'?, if so then you'll know what this ones sounds like.

It's back to the big licks with the excellent up tempo rocker ‘Lay Me Down’, a real tour de force from O’Regan once again brings this one to boiling point while Workman gives one of his best vocals of the album so far.

Those who like a bit more meat on your Hard Rock then the heavy bass infused ‘All That’s Bad For Me’ is the one for you.  More Melodic Metal than Hard Rock, a real barnstormer of a track and shows that the band have more that one string to their bow, as they bring the big guns for this one.

After the barrage of the last track its time to bring it down just a touch with the gentle tones of ‘Once In A Lifetime’, but this is just a short reprise as the tempo and groove is brought up big style with ‘Your Symphony’ and another of my favourites the down right anthemic ‘Fire Me Up’.

The album closes with the old school rocker ‘Loud & Clear’, well I say closes the 11 tracks listed any way, the album also has four extra tracks starting off with the semi-acoustic ballad ‘Blinded By The Light’ before rockin' it up with a cover of Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’.

It's back to semi-acoustic stuff with Best Of Me’ before the final track ‘Devils Child’, which round off this hidden section of the album which added with the 11 previous tracks make great listening for all fans of good Hard Rock and again highlights the talents of some of Britain’s finest musicians in the scene today.

 Tracklisting:

1.  Anything Goes
2. Revolution Man
3. Into The Within
4. Here Today (Gone Tomorrow)
5. Strong
6. Lay Me Down
7. All That's Bad For Me
8. Once In A Lifetime
9. Your Symphony
10. Fire Me Up
11. Loud & Clear

                  

 

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