RUSSELL ALLEN / JORN LANDE - The Revenge

\r\nIt was back in 2005 when the Allen/Lande project released its first attempt on the hard ’n melodic rock area, titled "The Battle" under the massive donation of Magnus Karlsson who has written all the songs for these two well known Heavy Metal vocalists. A big success and an undeniable acclaim followed that release and two years later Magnus Karlsson is returning with the continue up, titled "The Revenge". Russell Allen is the singer of the Progressive Metal band SYMPHONY X and Jorn Lande ex-MASTERPLAN vocalist, together they put their mark on this anticipated effort with some unique performances on the twelve songs of the album. In half of them these fine artists share the vocal section while Lande delivers his voice in three tracks on his own and Allen takes that responsibility in the remaining three. Magnus Karlsson besides the production, with which he was charged along with Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69) that has mixed the album, is also fully handling the guitars and the keyboards. The songs are packed with overflowing melodies, heavy guitar riffs, beautiful solos, piano escapades and the profound, rich talent of the two singers. The sound is heavy, solid and exhales a dynamic skillfulness and a pompous creativity that often reaches the boundaries of technical progressiveness. The production stands above the average and emerges with a tight and professional outcome. Overall, "The Revenge" is strongly hooked with a catchy melodic hard rock, exciting guitar work and some powerful combined vocals arrangements on a stellar effort that will surely please all the fans of this specific genre.\r\n

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\r\nVaso "Necromass" Prassa \r\n

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