Writings of Fiction: Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery, Commentary, and Humor by Craig Hartranft
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Here’s an engaging and entertaining band from Italy, I Treni All’Alba, playing some very fine acoustic guitar based instrumental melodic rock. You’ll have to bear with me, during this review, as the press/band information I have is in Italian. (Perhaps, conversely, and for a few laughs, the band and their Italian supporters will not understand my review.)
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If Imminent Sonic Destruction is upon you, then what should you expect? Some form of extreme metal, possibly death, black, or hardcore metal or, possibly some amalgam of all? Or not. The creation of Detroit guitar wizard Tony Piccoli, Imminent Sonic Destruction is a modern progressive metal band, which also features some of the Motor City’s finest musicians. Notable is former Tiles drummer Pat DeLeon.
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If you think the spit and swagger of classic American hard rock has been lost to the trends of emo, screamo, post-grunge, or hipsters wearing scarves and Clark Kent glasses, here’s West Virginia’s Zeroking. Kings of Self Destruction is hard rock as it was meant to be: below the belt and whiskey drenched, driven by a rock groove, powerful vocals and stinging guitars. Zeroking is the real deal. Think the best melodic hard rock of the late Eighties invigorated by a GnR strut.
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2010 Album of the Year: Treat’s Coup de Grace, a melodic rock masterpiece
25 December 2010 American CultureThe reviewers at Dangerdog Music Reviews agree on one thing: Treat’s Coup de Grace is a fantastic AOR/Melodic Rock ‘treat.’ As Miguel said Coup de Grace is ‘proof that AOR doesn’t suck.’ KJ Stel adds: ‘it might well be their best album to date.’ This is an amazing and entertaining platter of melodic rock. Treat’s [...]