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Sometimes
an AOR/Melodic Rock album hits me just where it hurts… and this album
by Sunstorm featuring Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple),
Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69), Uwe Reitenauer on Guitars, Jochen Weyer on
Keyboards and Chris Schmidt on Drums is such an album. Sunstorm has
created some first class melodic Rock songs and grandiose ballads for
the calmer moments in life. The songs are memorable and catchy and even
that I prefer my music a bit harder; this album is surely a very
pleasant surprise.
Some
of the songs that are to be found on this album were in fact written a
few years ago by Joe Lynn Turner for his second solo album but he fired
the producer and the songs were put on ice for a while. Eventually Joe
Lynn Turner teamed up with Jim Peterik and Dennis Ward… a couple of
more songs was written and the rest is history.
The
ability to combine catchiness and still gripping and deep melodies is
one of the biggest assets of Sunstorm. The harder Rock songs on
this album could very well have been found on Rainbow albums like;
“Straight Between the Eyes” and “Bent out of Shape” and Sunstorm
sure is making its way through the little grey cells of my
brain... fans of Survivor, Journey, Rainbow or Melodic Rock in general
should at least check this album out when it hit the stores later this
month.
It’s worth it.
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