Year : 2018
Style : Heavy Metal , Hrad Rock
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 120 mb
Bio:
German neo-classical heavy metal band Michael Schinkel's Eternal Flame has signed a multi album deal with Rock Of Angels Records. The album is produced by Michael Schinkel & Helmut Kohlpaintner, co-produced by Timothy Touchton, mixed by Michael Schinkel and mastered by Christoph Stickel. It features Mark Boals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring Of Fire) and Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum) on vocals. Timothy Touchton (known from lyrics such as "Go For Gold" Olympics in Seoul 1988, "Sail Away" by Joe Cocker as well as 11 Top 40 and 3 Top 5 hits), Carsten Lizard Schulz (Evidence One, Midnite Club, Domain) and Rainer Holzapfl did the lyrics. The band's style is inspired by the 80s and 90s (Yngwie Malmsteen, Rainbow and Deep Purple).After the first two albums, "Desire" (1998 - Point Music & Dreamchaser Records) and "King Of The King" (2002 - MTM Music), it was the end of Eternal Flame. Michael Schinkel (singer and guitarist) and Helmut Kohlpaintner (keyboard player, bassist) decided to work as composers and producers for other musicians and bands and founded the company Enooma Media Music Production in Munich. Again and again they received calls, letters and e-mails from fans, with the request to produce a new Eternal Flame album. It then started in 2012. Helmut Kohlpaintner and Michael Schinkel discussed the project and quickly found partners for lyric writing such as Timothy Touchton.
Album:
Eternal Flame released two longplayers at the end of the 90’s / beginning of 2000 before the band announced their disbanding. Ten years after the second album “King of the King” was released it was singer/guitarist Michael Schinkel and Helmut Kohlpaintner who re-ignited Eternal Flame. Another six years later the metal world can welcome Eternal Flames next longplayer “Smoke on the Mountain” and I don’t think that the title, combining “Smoke on the Water” and Man on the Silver Mountain”, is a coincidence.„Ignition“ is the narrative intro to the album and is followed by the title track. Uptempo guitars and furious leads remind of new-classic metal a la Yngwie Malmsteen. The song is an excellent opener, helping the album to get out of the boxes extremely well. What also stands out are the excellently done vocals by Schinkel, going together with his guitar play very well.The neo classic vibe continue through-out the entire album but it‘s the opener that unveils the source of inspiration the best. Step by step it‘s classic rock and metal that takes over the scene. Here and there I had to think of the later Rainbow („Got a Rock’n’roll Fever“ & „Close to the End“), Deep Purple („Queen of the Hill“ and „Dreaming“). Jonny Logan‘s „Danger Zone“ sounds like having been the inspiration for the beginning of „Whatcha Gonna Do“.„Smoke on the Mountain“ might not re-invent the wheel. It‘s the execution that‘s convincing - from a song writing aspect as well as from a production point of view. „Smoke on the Mountain“ is a great album for friends a traditional metal that‘s built on well-crafted hooks, excellent leads and melodic vocals. Worth to spin this album.
Line Up:
Michael Schinkel – Vocals & all Guitars
Helmut Kohlpaintner – Keyboards
Thomas Keller – Bass & Backing Vocals
Michael Hencky – Drums
Tracklist:
01. Ignition
02. Smoke On The Mountain (ft. Mark Boals)
03. This Is My Life
04. Queen Of The Hill
05. You Can Save Me
06. Whatcha Gonna Do
07. I Believe In This Miracle (ft. Mark Boals)
08. Got A Rock & Roll Fever (ft. Göran Edman)
09. Out In The Dark
10. Dreaming
11. Take Me There For A Night
12. Tease My Love (ft. Göran Edman)
13. Close To The End
+ Video "Queen Of The Hill" (Official Video)
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