• New Music Reviews
• |
• Archives
• |
• News
• |
• Submissions
• |
• About
• |
• 
• |
• 

November 2024

• Voodoo Circle: Hail To The King
• Lionville: Supernatural
• Starchaser: Into The Great Unkown
• Empires Of Eden: Guardians Of Time
• Lonerider: Down In The Dust
• Seventh Crystal: Entity
• Neal Morse & The Resonance: No Hill For A Climber
• Beardfish: Songs For Beating Hearts
• Impellitteri: War Machine
• Brothers Of Metal: Fimbulvinter

October 2024

• Casandra's Crossing: Garden Of Earthly Delights
• DGM: Endless
• Daytona: Garder la Flamme
• Fate: Reconnect 'N Ignite
• Frost*: Life In The Wires
• Aries Descendant: From The Ashes Of Deceit
• Fans Of The Dark: Video
• Radioactive: Reset
• House Of Lords: Full Tilt Overdrive
• Cleanbreak: We Are The Fire

September 2024

• Sinner's Blood: Dark Horizons
• Serious Black: Rise Of Akhenaton
• Eclipse: Megalomanium II
• SteelCity: Reverence
• Hydra: ReHydrated
• Heartwind: III
• Gabrielle De Val and the Dragonlords: Tiger
• Find Me: Nightbound
• The Nail: The Nail
• Timeless Fairytale: A Story To Tell
• Stryper: When We Were Kings
• Phil Mogg: Moggs Motel
• Pure Reason Revolution: Coming Up To Consciousness
• Jordan Rudess: Permission To Fly

August 2024

• Siege Perilous: Creation's Call EP
• Paralydium: Universe Calls
• Mike Tramp: Songs Of White Lion Vol. II
• Bite The Bullet: Looking For Paradise
• All For Metal: Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon)
• Hammerfall: Avenge The Fallen
• Jim Peterik & World Stage: Roots & Shoots Vol. 2

[ More Music Reviews ]

Lovekillers: Featuring Tony Harnell

Melodic Hard Rock/AOR

5.0/5.0

Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Frontiers Music
Words: Craig Hartranft
Added: 04.12.2019 | Released: 06.12.2019

Something of a legend as a vocalist, Tony Harnell has had an long and impressive career. He first rose to some acclaim with Norwegian band TNT in the mid-Eighties, but there's also Westworld and Starbreaker. The latter band reunited Harnell with guitarist Magnus Karlsson for this years' Dysphoria. They've also worked together for Karlsson's Free Fall project. Additionally, Harnell has done several solo ventures. Tony Harnell & The Mercury Train's Round Trip from 2010 was quite exceptional. Now Harnell teams up with Frontiers Music, once again, and their uber-producer Alessandro Del Vecchio for the brand new project, Lovekillers.

Tony Harnell

Little needs to be said about Harnell's exceptional voice and vocal style. He simply sings clean, melodic, and strong with no stress or strain in his range. With Lovekillers, Harnell adds his voice to his most familiar musical context, AOR melodic hard rock. I would also describe the music as very guitar-forward as the talented axeman Gianluca Ferro (24 Strings, et al) lays down some amazing guitar solos. Harnell wrote many of the songs with Del Vecchio, an accomplished and impressive musician and songwriter in his own right. Suffice to say, you can expect exceptional and entertaining music across this album.

To briefly mention a few songs, you'll hear some lively and strong melodic hard rock with Alive Again,, Higher Again, and Now Or Never. No More Love attempts to throw you a curve ball by beginning with Harnell over piano and symphonic synths, suggesting a ballad. But the song quickly rises to some quick paced hard rock with strong riffs and drums. To hear the strength of Ferro's guitar work , I could point to any song, yet Ball And Chain,, No More Love, and Alive Again were most impressive. Anthemic AOR tunes arrive with Across The Oceans and Bring Me Back. With Set Me Free things settle down for a softer, yet rising, rock ballad featuring Harnell over Del Vecchio's piano. All in all, with Tony Harnell's voice at the forefront, Lovekillers is an exceptional and entertaining album of AOR melodic hard rock. Quite recommended. Put it on your Christmas list.

A New Tomorrow: Universe

Melodic Hard & Heavy Rock

4.0/5.0

Created by vocalist and guitarist Alessio Garavello (late of Powerquest, Arthemis), A New Tomorrow has been plugging away in the greater London hard rock ... [ Read More ]

Note: All Amazon advertising in this review first benefits the artist, then Craig Hartranft also receives a residual. Click, and thanks for your support.

With Tony Harnell's voice at the forefront, Lovekillers is an exceptional and entertaining album of AOR melodic hard rock. Quite recommended. Put it on your Christmas list.

Alphabetical Index

eviewing my archives, I was pleased to find that I have had the privilege to review every Lionville since their self-titled debut in 2011. Formed by Stefano Lionetti, a songwriter, singer and guitarist based in ... [ Read More ]