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A surprise actually as ECLIPSE was a Swedish Melodic Rockband
formed 10 years ago and released 2 albums in the early 2000s.
However after 2003’s ‘Second to none’ it became quiet until
now as at the end of 2008 the band returns with a fantastic
new CD titled ‘Are you ready to rock’. Opener “Breaking my
heart again’ hits like a hammer and sets the record straight
as this is a perfect pure 80s uptempo Melodic Hardrocksong.
This is how Melodic Hardrock should sound like, catchy as
hell! The guitar riffs are like 80s DOKKEN, SCORPIONS meets
DIO, the vocals sound like a mix between WHITESNAKE and EUROPE,
the guitarsolo’s are straight out of the classic 80s Melodic
Rockbook and with a deadly catchy chorus they show that we
are dealing here with something sensational! Happily, the
whole CD is continuing this style, with mostly uptempo Melodic
Rockers with catchy choruses. This CD sounds exactly like
the superb CD of their countrymen of H.E.A.T. and actually
this new ECLIPSE album will be battling with that H.E.A.T.
record for album of the year 2008! Yes, it is that good and
with the song “To mend a broken heart” ECLIPSE will even be
competing with H.E.A.T. and their song “Feel it again” for
song of the year 2008! This is how Melodic Hardrock should
be played and a song like this is exactly in the style of
the classic 1991 debut of HAREM SCAREM, which means big time
sing-a-long catchy hooks and melodic chorus driven uptempo
Melodic Rock with flashing guitarwork and just putting a smile
on your face when hearing it. Besides these 2 songs other
highlights are uptempo melodic rockers like “Wylde one”, “Under
the gun” (faster), “Young guns” and “Million miles away”,
but actually the whole album is a highlight, a MUST-HAVE for
any 80s Melodic Hardrockfan!
(Points: 9.0 out of 10)
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