LABEL: Gentle Art Of Music/Soulfood
REVIEW by Martien Koolen
Blind Ego, the German melodic rock band, featuring RPWL’s guitar picker Kalle Wallner, are back with a new album. I really loved Blind Ego’s debut album,Liquid, and after a couple of spins I can indeed say that I like Preaching To The Choir even better.
This guitar-oriented album kicks off with a song called Massive and that is what it is, powerful, energetic and massive indeed; this great opener is followed by the title track, clocking over 6 minutes; this one is probably one of the best melodic hard rock songs I have heard in a long time. The first single of this album called Burning Alive is a kind of funky/poppy song with a real catchy chorus and vocal-wise I hear clear Threshold influences.
Next up is the “weakest” song, as Line In The Sand is kind of boring; however, follow up Dark Paradise is again a musical highlight. This track features an amazing guitar solo, lots of variety and again Threshold-like vocals by the excellent singer Scott Balaban. Favourite and definitely the best song is Heading For The Stars, in which Kalle plays his balls off in an extraordinary guitar solo!! Preaching To The Choir is a fantastic melodic hard rock album performed by a band (especially Kalle) at the height of their game. Looking forward to seeing/hearing Blind Ego in the flesh in Maastricht (The Netherlands) on 7 March !!
https://www.blind-ego.com
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