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Rating: Well... right under your nose, you have one of the ugliest covers ever seen, but luckily inside it, there's more to it than just poor material. Initially, Tony was the singer of Praying Mantis, then he went solo, accompanied by a certain Carlsson, already the producer of Starbreaker and The Battle (Lande/Allen).
The result of the work is nothing short of exceptional. Exceptional like the opener of this batch, which is "Broken Soul." A song that almost magically presents itself to us, then already gives us the first commands on listening to this little marvel. Cadenced just right. The title track already makes us take off with a breathtaking chorus with a Tony in top form. The very slow solo in the middle is beautiful. "No More Innocence" is one of the two songs that exceeds five minutes in length and doesn't tire at all; on the contrary, it manages to give a different push to the band's sound. It's not the best but keeps the level high. "High Enough" is the most powerful of the work, with beautiful riffs, heavy and cadenced almost like the Metal genre. I notice something similar to Linkin Park in this last one, even if only slightly similar. "My Final Prayer" slows down the pace for a moment, then suddenly blasts us with a brief and intense solo that scares us and accompanies us to the next track. "Dreamless Nights" adds up, beautiful but doesn't stand out in this little marvel that is Escape Into The Sun. In this one too we find a rock solo that truly gives you the chills. "More Than We Know" has an almost moving start, as the drums and singer come together, then shoot something that once again slightly reminds me of Linkin Park, especially in the explosive chorus.
"Close To Me" is interesting because it is slow, cadenced, and powerful, in short, gloomy just right, probably the most technical of the entire work. We also were missing a piano, and "Evil Love" starts exactly like that but then explodes rather pleasantly and returns to much more aggressive rhythms than the beginning promised. Now one of my two gems, "Black Wings," I place it second; it's the song that comes closest to Heavy with the guitar taking the lead and overwhelming aggressiveness. "Star All Over" is the longest of the entire work and best represents the Tony/Carlsson duo with a terrifying vocal delivery, magical effects, and always perfectly timed rock solos, in short, another little jewel from a technical and compositional standpoint. "Never Alone" is the breathtaking ballad placed last, precisely to exalt the listener with the most beautiful and precious gem. Not to be missed, this last one as well as the entire work of Tony/Carlsson. For those who appreciated Praying Mantis, now you can treat your ears with a work maybe even superior.
In short, Hard Rock, after all, isn't so foreign to us; in fact, with new characters with this inventiveness, it can only do good to itself and make us draw closer to a genre that seems almost to belong to the past, even though I don't consider it obsolete or outdated....
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