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Train – California 37 (2012) – Review

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Well, who would have thought that? After breaking out from obscurity to some better, more lighted shores with their last album, Train managed to land another great record with their 6th studio album California 37.

I was very, VERY worried when I heard that they started on a new album way back then. ‘Cause Murphy sez that there is a great risk for the follow-on productions to fall into the hands of the Lord of Darkness and never return.

But here, I feel the sunny warmth of California on my skin – a very pleasant surprise. Even if Pat … [...] Click to raid more!

Train – Save me, San Francisco (2009) – Review

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Well, busted: Here is one of my favorites. RMR going mainstream billboard chasin’! What is the world coming to? 

Train, faithfully headed by lead singer Pat Monahan and supported by long-time members Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood (left the band in 2014, by the way), always get me up to a good mood again.

OK, I get it, folks: No metal there. So sorry. But you know what? If you ever lived in good, old California, which I did, this is THE style. If you talk simple rock and nothing sturdier, of course. Pop is an altogether other matter and filled … [...] Click to raid more!

Amaranthe – Massive Addictive (2014) – Review

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I heard somewhere that not knowing the Swedish/Danish Pop Metal band Amaranthe is not knowing Metal.

Come again?

Well, here I am listening to their last, newest, and best 2014 concoction Massive Addictive. For sure, the tunes are catchy, fast, kind of Power Metal, and – as is the custom – overproduced to a point. And often, this just sounds to me like so much George Michael on steroids who teamed up with some pop queen.

Then they must have met some hairy guys, and started to distort guitars, adding some sort of harsh vocals. Last, but not least … [...] Click to raid more!

Passenger – Whispers (2014) – Review

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After all that harder Metal stuff I reviewed lately, it is time to get to something a little softer and more reflective.

What better choice would there be than Passenger with their 2014 release and 6th studio album Whispers. Or more, Mike Rosenberg with his latest and best made with some studio musicians.

Similar in style (or kind of, at least) to its predecessor All the Little Lights, this record offers a much-improved variation. And – I daresay – a thoughtfulness that was not there before. But of course and as usual, the melodies are of lesser importance, as the … [...] Click to raid more!