Shannon - Angel In Disguise (2008)

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Shannon - Angel In Disguise (2008)

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Shannon - Angel In Disguise (2008)

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Year : 2008
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : France
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 148 mb


Bio:

Formed in the beginning of 1998 by Patrice LOUIS (Guitar) and Thierry DAGNICOURT (Keyboards), SHANNON plays a melodic hard rock that sticks to the skin. During the spring of 1998, the band enroles ex-JANNYLEE's singer Olivier DEL VALLE behind the mike, then Claude THILL (ex-DER KAISER) playing bass and Maxence PILO (ex-HEAVENLY) at the drum kit join the band to finally complete the line-up. Their debut and eponymous album released in November 2003 on the Anvilcorp. label and distributed by Wagram has been unanimously praised and regarded by the international press as one of the most impressive and brilliant record of the year in the Classic 80's US melodic rock style. With catchy hooklines, infectious choruses and a groovy and powerful rhythm section, SHANNON is the perfect alchimy between classic US melodic hard rock and typical european influenced NWOBHM sound, delivering a music as powerful as melodic. After the release of the album, the band takes the road and shares the stage with re-knowned artists such as AXXIS, PINK CREAM 69 and Jeff Scott SOTO in Paris. In the middle of 2005, SHANNON sees its first line-up changes with the departure of Claude and Maxence, immediately replaced by, respectively, Nicolas FIXY (Bass) and Benjamin BERGEROLLE (Drums), both formerly in French epic-progressive TAÏ PHONG. Strongly encouraged with the success of their self-titled album, not only in France, but widely abroad, the band has taken the way to the studio to record, more motivated than ever. WORLD OF DESIRE, a 5-track demo EP, was released in 2007. SHANNON played several shows to present the new songs and was selected to play before GOTTHARD at the RAISMES FESTIVAL. Some special guests are invited and did some backing vocals (Gianni PONTILLO, Ben SOTTO, Ben VENET, Bruno LEVESQUE, Jens WALKENHORST) and a duet with Renaud HANTSON was recorded. The band signed with ArtistService at the end of 2007 and ANGEL IN DISGUISE, the brand new album, even more powerful than their debut, is world wide distributed by MusicBuyMail. Never missing an opportunity to play live, the band played eventually at the PARIS METAL FRANCE FESTIVAL. After been part of the september nights open air festival with Axxis and Krokus, the band has released his third album "circus of lost souls" and will promote it on stage around europe in 2013...

Album:

Is Europe paving the guiding path for melodic Rock/AOR music in the post-80s era? Yes, of course. With Scandinavian countries being a kinda 'leader' the last 15 years, we were happy to see 'melodic' bands pumping outta every corner of the European continent: Italy, Holland, Greece, Spain, France. Yes, France with SHANNON being the finest export to date. A quintet whose second full-length release may top your personal 2008 list, even if it's still half the way of this year.2003's Shannon debut CD was a nice surprise to the melodic hardrockin' world. Stepping on the stones set by late 80s/early 90s American/German/Swedish bands, that album featured notable compositions in the vein of DOKKEN, HARDLINE, HEAVEN'S EDGE, HURRICANE, 220 VOLT, TREAT, ZENO, PINK CREAM 69, McAuley-era MSG, FAIR WARNING and the rest you can imagine. Melodic guitar work, fitting keys, a 'fat' rhythm section and some wonderful vocals from Olivier Del Valle (NIGHTFALL, TWILIGHT, LOLLYPOP, JANNYLEE).Nearly five years have now passed, with Angel In Disguise storming out to - I assume - impress you even more, if you did dig the 2003 debut album. The songwriting of the band has been finely developed ever since; some positive criteria was already known due to 2007's World Of Desire 5-track demo (most or all songs are included in this 2008 new release) and - to my ears, after half a dozen of spins - SHANNON has succeeded also in upgrading their 'identity' status. Not only the songs are penned now in a more dynamic way, with certain ambition in the role of each instrument in each song part, but also the 'not a copycat' creativity has reached a higher climax. The atmosphere is half American - in the guitars work, mainly - and half European - keys and vocal harmonies - resulting in a balanced album with much of energy and less (if any) of repetitive/boring formulas.As for the songs' value in particular? The 'sting' bears the same taste as in 2003. Hence, there's melody allover with Hungry For Love, Keep On Rolling, more American rockers will put you down (Do You Know, No Better Times, Coming Back To You, Hang On), the European effect is imminent in tracks like No More Lies, Love In Your Eyes, Long Gone, Winter Night, Change Your Heart and Road OF Desire (weird leads), while more slow-tempo chills may rise up with On An On.All these, with an indeed powerful voice (a Frenchman singing English ain't an easy task, I guess) plus some dominating guitars/keys hard work and a solid rhythm section underneath so as to establish a proper 'heavy' base that even melodic Metal warriors may find attractive. Angel In Disguise; an album destined to haunt your 'melodic' dreams anno 2008. Can't wait to see the market feedback. Else, you/we'll get what you/we deserve. And, to the band: please, don't release your next album in 2013.P.S.: A limited edition of the CD includes also Do You Feel My Love and an impressive cover version of Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Line-Up:

Olivier Del Valle - Vocals
Patrice Louis - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Thierry Dagnicourt - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Nicolas Fixy - Bass, Backing Vocals
Benjamin Bergerolle - Drums

production:

Artwork, Design – Marc Leroy
Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – ShannoN
Mixed By – Thierry Dagnicourt
Mastered By – Brett Caldas-Lima

Tracklist:

01. Do You Know
02. Hungry for love
03. No More Lies
04. Keep on Rolling
05. No Better Time
06. On & on
07. Love in Your Eyes
08. Long Gone
09. Winter Night
10. Coming Back to You
11. Hang on
12. Change Your Heart
13. Road of Desire


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