Saturday, June 19, 2010

Wicked Sensation / Crystallized (2010)

Wicked Sensation are back after six years! And this time they are back with their original singer Robert Soeterboek back on board. Also in this album we find the mighty producer/bassist Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Place Vendome, Unisonic..and the list goes on and on) and Dirk Bruinenberg on drums.
So with such a strong line-up like this the expectations from "Crystallized" are higher than ever. I really like their debut album, it was a nice piece of melodic hard rock album in the vain of a harder edition of Whitesnake or somewhere between Gotthard, Frontline and Shylock. Their second one with Fernando Garcia on vocals was a good one too. So, in this one the boys are back to the sound of their first album with some really strong melodies, very good guitar work, melodies that stick in your mind from the first spin and also some bluesy touches here and there. Robert Soeterboek voice is the strong point of this band, his voice reminds me of the great David Coverdale! The guests that appear in this one, Andy Deris & Arjen Lucassen, are making "crystallized" even more interesting. 
All in all this is a very fine moment of European melodic hard rock album that will surprise pleasantly  the fans of that gerne.
HeavyParadise's Rating:8/10
Tracklist:


1.Better World  2.My Turn To Fly  3.Fistful Of Dreams 4.Give It Up 5.Lost In A World 6.Love To Play, Hate To Stop 7.Gimme The Night 8.Am I Right 9.Lonely Is The Night 10.Ordinary Man 11.The Love I Used To Know 12.Running Through Your Veins 13.Bleedings Hearts

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