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Artist: Hell In The Club |
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Coming out of Italy
like a bat out of hell are Hell In The Club, a band that have more
elements than the Periodic Table, mixing the heady Sunset Strip hard rock
of the eighties with the Scandinavian swagger of the likes of the
Backyard Babies with the Glam of The Poodles, in an album that will rock
your very foundations. Coming
from a back ground of Heavy Metal bassist Andrea Buratto of Secret
Sphere wanted to put together an all together different animal taking in
the influences of the likes of KISS, Crue and Skid Row to name a few. First thing to be sorted was to put together a band with this
same vision in mind, which he did by recruiting into the fold the talents of session guitarist Andrea Piccardi.
These two musicians decided to work on the songs before bringing in a singer,
although this was
soon rectified with Elvenking’s Davide Moras signing up for the
role. All that was
left was the vacant drum school and Buratto didn’t have to go far as
fellow Secret Sphere sticks man Federico Pennazzato became the final
piece in the Hell In The Club puzzle. So on to
the album itself, now this is what I call a real kick-ass rock n' roll album!
Shooting from the hip right from the off with ‘Never Turn My Back’,
featuring lashings of ballsy riffs and hard hitting rhythms with Moras outstanding vocals
that really gets the album off to a fantastic start. That
great good time rock n' roll continues with the hard rockin’ 'Rock Down
This Place’ with its anthemic chorus that has an air of modern rock that
will connect not just the younger rockers, but also the older rockers as
it has that Sunset Strip feel about
it that appeals to many older rocker like myself. All in all a great
demographic to appeal to for any band. There
are many great tracks on this album and one of my favourites has to be
‘On The Road’ which is the first single from the album and
definitely that has that
Scandinavian feel about it. Think of the likes of H.E.A.T. and The Poodles
and you won't be far away. Another
of my favourite tracks has to be the all out rockin’ of ‘Natural
Born Rockers’, very much in the vain of Skid Row it's fast paced and head-on,
with Piccardi doing a damn fine job on the six string razor as he
powers out lick after mother f**king lick, while Buratto and Pennazzato
pound out a powerful back-beat. The
band bring the Sunset sound kicking and screaming into the now with the
excellent ‘Since You’re Not Here’, the superb funked up feel of
‘Another Saturday Night’ and the thumping ‘Raise Your Drinking
Glass'. The
band really turn up the heat with the heavy vibes with the punchy rock
of ‘No Appreciation’ and ‘Forbidden Fruit’, again bringing that
Skid Row feel to proceedings with these two gems. If you're
going to pay tribute to the bands of the eighties then you have to
include a power ballad and the band do this in style with the stunning
‘Star’, this is the band's 'Every Rose Has It's Thorn' moment. It's
back to the rockier tunes with the Stevie Salas funked up sound of
‘Daydream Boulevard’ before the album closes as it started with the
hard rocking sound of ‘Don’t Throw In The Towel’. |
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Tracklisting: 1.
Never Turn My Back |
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