Rating: RRRR
Review by Martien Koolen
"The Hunting Party" is Kalle Wallner’s (guitarist of RPWL) fifth studio album since his debut in 2007 and after a couple of spins I can honestly say that this is again a great new Blind Ego album, although I have some problems with the rather “odd” vocals of Kevin Kears. He normally supplies the lead vocals for the metalcore band Cyant.. Fortunately, Wallner’s guitar playing, picking, riffing, shredding, and soloing is again second to none and again the obvious comparison with legendary guitarist David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is not hard to find. But, then again, who cares about that when you get goosebumps from several Wallner guitar solos on this awesome album.
Wallner’s new album kicks off with the title track, a song with an extraordinary strong melody and beautiful soaring guitar solos, while follow-up "The Stranger" features a catchy chorus, and "Spiders" is definitely a harder song, a so-called up-tempo rocker indeed. The second part of The Hunting Party features the two longest songs: "In A Blink Of An Eye" – a very emotional track with a stunning guitar solo – and "Breathless"; the latter almost being a prog metal song packed with hard guitar riffs and really dark, mysterious tones. Finally, Blind Ego closes the album with "When The Party’s Over" and this one, a beautiful ballad, has some obvious Pink Floyd influences and of course again brilliant guitar picking by Kalle.
Overall, The Hunting Party is a very enjoyable album, highlighting, again Wallner’s more than excellent guitar playing, but just for the records, for a new Blind Ego album I would choose another lead vocalist as Kevin Kears’ singing is not really my cup of tea, but as we all know, there is no account for taste; so enjoy this new album and play it LOUD.
Listening tip: "In A Blink Of An Eye"
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