White Widdow / White Widdow (2010)

Hailing from Melbourne Australia, White Widdow was formed in 2008 by charismatic front man Jules along with Bassist Trent and Guitar virtuoso Enzo. From its inception the vision was always to write and perform 80's Arena style melodic rock and hard edged AOR inspired by artists such as White Sister, Survivor, Treat, Dokken, Aviator, Bon Jovi and Australia's own Roxus.

With their debut album, White Widdow is offering a great melodic hard rock album that will rock our worlds and they are canditates for one of the best releases of this year! Jules has a really impressive and charismatic voice, Enzo's guitar skills are awesome with some strong riffs and inspired solos and the rest of the band binds perfectly all together. The melodies are plenty, the big choruses and hooks will make every single fan to whistle the rythms for days and the production is solid.

The track that amazed me from the first listening is "Broken Hearts Won't Last Forever". This is, maybe, one of the best tracks during the last years. It has an 80's feeling in it, the chorus is pure melodic rock bliss and it's a song that could easily fit in every Danger Danger album back then! A fantastic tune! "Cross To Bare" is a great rocker in the vain of Treat's recent work while "We've Got The Wings" is a more AOR tune filled with some huge keyboards! "One More Day" is another up-tempo feel good rocker with a sing-a-long chorus line! "Fire And Ice" has a great melody and a memorable chorus, one of my favorite tracks from this album!

All in all this is a great debut album! One of the best debut albums during the last years and an album that will end up high in my Top 2010's of this year. Well done! Highly recommended for fans of Bon Jovi, Danger Danger, Treat, Harem Scarem and Survivor!

HeavyParadise's Rating: 10/10

tracks:

01 - Shoukai (Intro) / Tokyo Rain 02 - Broken Hearts Won't Last Forever 03 - We've Got The Wings 04 - Cross To Bare 05 - Don't Fail Me Now 06 - Spirit Of Fire 07 - Shadows Of Love 08 - One More Day 09 - Change Of Passion 10 - Fire & Ice