Having in my hands the debut promo of Frozen
Rain, with the same title, I can say that I caught myself
gazing the art cover for a long hour, and having pressed the play
button, the first melodies began to arrive in my ears. While listening,
I said to myself that it was time to search for them a little closer.
So what else is better than visiting their profile at myspace (www.myspace.com/frozenrain)
and their official site (http://www.frozenrain.be)?
It
is all about a project of Kurt Vereecke, who gathered, besides the
basic line–up, other musicians, such as Tommy Denander
(Radioactive, Prisoner), Steve Newman (Newman),
Daniel Flores (Mind’s Eye), Jim
Santos (Norway) and Ollie Oldenburg
(ex–Zinatra) in order to complete this album. Music category
that can be put into? Definitively Melodic Rock/AOR.
The
first comments have to do with the fact that it is about a hard–worked
project that basically sums up the period of the ‘80s into
12 tracks. The soul of this album is Kurt Vereecke
who, through this album, must have made a dream of his come true.
The
truth is that Frozen Rain is not a new band, as they were born in
1983, disbanded and Kurt decided to reborn them in 2001. From that
point on, he is dealing with the creation of that album. Lots of
years? However, I believe that the result can prove him right in
a great extend, as the matter in producing an album nowadays under
the pressure of record companies for commercial reasons is not always
the point. Sometimes the creation itself is under personal satisfaction
unconditionally.
Specifically,
for the songs on the album, I could describe the majority of them
with one word as ‘travelers’. You have to play them
loud in your car while swallowing the miles. From the first spins
of the album, moments from Journey, Survivor,
Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite, Treat,
Harlan Cage, Toto and Heartland
come to mind. All over the album you find colorful keyboards, chorusses
that stay in mind, guitars with emotions and a total production
and performance that are in high levels surrounded with a positive
energy.
In
summary, I confess that I knew nothing about their existence before,
as I think of most of the people who read this review now. Honestly,
I summon this album as a serious work that I urge you to listen
to (especially the AOR–fans) and that is embraced from great
musicians of its kind and what is better, of course, for a musician
(Kurt Vereecke) to be able to create the music he loves together
with his musical idols?
Rating: 8/10
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