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Review: Phil Mitchell Band - Never let it die (2020)

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Phil Mitchell Band - Never let it die Release Date: October 22, 2020 Length: 04:44 Genre: Classic Rock / AOR Origin: Chicago ( Illinois ), USA If you are looking for some soulful and emotional hard rock, you came to the right place because here is The Phil Mitchell Band with their ballad ‘Never let it Die’. For this impressive song, the Phil Mitchell Band has teamed up with Alvaro Soto . The virtuous guitar player beautifies the song with his eccentric soli. Soto ’s rapid finger player perfectly merges into the smooth but strong background of this hard rock ballad. Beneath the Santana-like virtuosity there is a sweet and powerful arrangement of Hard Rock and Symphonic Rock with a strong tendency towards Adult Oriented Rock. The Phil Mitchell Band’s ‘Never let it die’ is featured on their recent album “A Better World” which came out in 2020. The selfreleased album features several guest musicians of high quality. Besides Alvaro Soto and his artsy guitar soli on ‘Never let it die’, ...

Album Review - KNEI - III (2020)

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It's time to put on some comfortable clothes, open a drink if you like and come together for a big dance. KNEI from La Pampa, Argentina are reviving the Summer of Love with their new album "III". The five-track record was released last June and will be availabe for records lovers via Nécio Records this May. And I tell you, KNEI play the kind of music you really want to listen to on vinyl! Picture Credit: EPK from Nécio Records: Nicolás Foti / Retratos de Seudo Blanco  A bit more than half an hour of beautifully rolling Psychedelic Rock are to be experienced on "III". KNEI themselves call their style "Rock Psicopampa". Clean guitar, fuzzy and warm bass and heavily marching drums invite us on a gorgeous time travelling trip to the 60s. Right after the strong opener 'Vieja mujer (besos de otro días)' ('Old Lady (kisses from another day)' KNEI dive into the emotional slow jam 'Balada para una amiga' ('Ballad for a fri...

LP Review: The Flower Kings - Waiting for Miracles (2019)

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Of course, you could argue that Roine Stolt s The Flower King released "Manifesto of an Alchemist" in 2018. But still, I'd rather say that the last proper Flower Kings album was 2013-released "Desolation Rose". Until finally, in late 2019 longplayer number 13 by Sweden's prog heroes was distributed to hungry proggers all over the world via inside out music / Sony Music . Now that it has been six years since the last Flower Kings album the expectations were great as you might imagine. And let me get this out of the way as soon as possible: "Waiting for Miracles" is an album worth waiting for! The quintet from Sweden has produced almost 90 minutes of finest intelligent and various Prog Rock that follows no leaders but itself. The Flower Kings' new album is like a colourful journey through time. But instead of linear travel Captain Roine Stolt  and his crew do it the Prog way. Thus, stops are made at Zappa  as well as influences from Yes ...