EDGUY
Rocket Ride
Nuclear Blast
· Metal? You must be kidding.
Kicking off with a piano, that is, for all intents and purposes, ripped off from Van Halen’s "Right Now," power metallers Edguy not only suffer from Bad Name-itis, but they’ve also seemingly missed the past 20 years of musical progression away from the Don Dorkken-inspired hard rock that makes soundtracks for mid-’80s horror films so unforgettably cheesy.
Searing vocals swirl around moderate tempos and are accented by flourished choruses and breakdown verses. We’re talking the epitome of Skid Row meets makeup-less era KISS. That can never be a good thing, even by retro standards. At least retro people are doing it with a degree of fun/tongue-in-cheek. These guys aren’t kidding at all. See, the problem here isn’t musicianship. Edguy could probably play circles around everyone and the production here is so crisp, you could hear a hoop earring drop. It’s their choice of style that’s so painful. Outdated before it’s recorded, lacking any semblance of testosterone or hipness and just generally laughable, Rocket Ride – well, it’s called Euro-metal for a reason.
|
Copyright ©2006 FFWD. All rights reserved.