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(review) Wings Of Steel – ‘Gates Of Twilight’

Wings Of Steel are hailing from Los Angeles area and they were formed in 2019 by vocalist Leo Unnermark and guitarist Parker Halub. They released their debut EP in 2022. This time, their debut full length opus is upon us. This one contains ten songs of melodic heavy metal with lots of American school of hard rock influenced songwriting. Unnemark’s voice reminds me a lot of eighties metal, first and foremost of Helloween’s Michael Kiske’s voice in many song parts. Eighties styled metal, hard n heavy prevails in guitar work with sense of dramatic and melodic, yet at times almost heroic styled metal and heaviness. Lyrics deal with mixture of reality and fantasy metal themes, like ‘Liar in Love’ or heavy hitters that made highlight of this record for me being songs like ‘Cry of the Damned’, ‘Lady of the Lost’ and ‘Gates of Twilight’. This album brought me back when I used to enjoy warm and hot city streets on a Summer night with my crew drinking and cruising around our hometown like there is no tomorrow. Total nostalgia trip, but done for new millenia. If you are into melodic heavy metal with hard rock influences like it was done old school, check this one out! Strong debut opus!

7,5/10 axes

(news) Finnish melodic heavy rock band Frail has released their long awaited sophomore full length album!

Photo: Toni Rutanen

Gigs all over Europe, being one of the international export hopes in Finland in the 2000s, getting high on Finland’s official album chart and finally losing passion for the band’s musical dream due to setbacks and personal struggles. After all these experiences, Frail is ready to conquer hearts with their stirring American-influenced modern rock and personal descriptions of the pain and unfairness of the average person’s life.

Frail’s singer-songwriter Tarmo‘s closely seen and experienced struggles with addictions and mental health problems, the heavy adversities that came on his way, and the fear of losing his own child to a serious illness brought a chronic feeling of gloom and meaninglessness to his life, which eventually extinguished even the last glow of his passion for music.

For a decade, music was packed in a locked chest and put in a cold attic – even though its healing power was exactly what was needed. Now these moving experiences have been immortalized to help every Average Joe struggling with the same issues in life.

Frail’s new album ‘Stand by Me In the Storm’ presents a collage of relatable stories, which are carried forward by strong and melodically rich compositions and broad vocal harmonies, while modern low-tuned rock monumentally knocks the souls of every listener.

The message of the album is crystallized in the name of the band – life is damn frail.

Listen to the album on music services: https://push.fm/fl/frail-sbmits

Frail is:
Tarmo Kellomäki – Vocals
Joel Hekkala – Guitar
Otto Kulhomäki – Bass
Jussi Järvi – Drums

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(review) Steel Panther – ‘On The Prowl’

Steel Panther su izdali svoj šesti dugosvirajući album na kojem se nalazi trinaest pjesama. Prvi puta sam čuo ovaj bend daleke 2010.kada sam se smijao njihovim namjerno over the top, tekstovima i nazivima pjesama koje se na prvi pogled čine seksističke i mizoginističke, no bend se zapravo sve ove godine izruguje iz svih glam/hard n heavy Sunset Strip Los Angeleskih bendova s kraja 80-ih godina prošlog stoljeća. No, to ne bi imalo nikakvog smisla, da usput ne pišu i sjajnu muziku i pjesme su jednostavno catchy i hitoidne i uđu ti u uho s refrenima koje se uhvatiš kako pjevušiš satima ili danima kasnije. To je i slučaj na ovome albumu. ‘Friends With Benefits’ nikako ne izlazi iz uha, kao i ‘1987’, te zicer ‘Magical Vagina’, kao i ‘All That And More’, koje su jednostavno odlično. Ovo nije album koji bih svrstao u njihovih top tri albuma, ali je zabavan za poslušati i fulirati se i zajebavati usput. Riječ je o dobrom melodičnom hard sleazy rock albumu koji dugo ostaje u ušima.

7/10