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Drenalize - Destination Everywhere (2015)











Year : 2015
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : France
Audio : 320 kbps + front + Video
Size : 145 mb

Bio

DRENALIZE is a French Hard rock band formed in 2012.First about covers, our respective influences (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Aerosmith...) lead us today to make a very melodic and powerfull rocking music. With great guitars, great vocals and an unshakable devotion to rock'n'roll music, DRENALIZE is pure music from the heart."Destination Everywhere" from the hard rock-band Drenalize is the first single out from their first album coming on november 9th, 2015.

Album:

This is a debut album to be proud of – what a way to start!France has never been well known as a home to Melodic Rock artists, but perhaps times are a changing, as young newcomers Drenalize (a reference to Def Leppard's fifth studio album) are flying the flag for their country with this, their debut release.To start an album with a short instrumental track is brave (unless you're FM!), but here 'Ignition', with its crystalline clean guitar passage and moody keyboard part, ably demonstrates that these are quality musicians. When 'Point Of No Return' kicks in, energy levels are raised to the max, and the track, which is reminiscent of the Scorpions – laden with heavy riffs, fluid solos and a powerful vocal – sets the bar high for the remainder of the album.The title track continues in a similar vein whilst bringing in a catchy chorus and plenty of eighties-inspired, two-handed fret-board tapping. Further proof of where their influences lie comes with the ballad 'I'll Be There For You and 'Kick Your Hearts Out'; both of which could have easily come from Poison's back catalogue (circa 1988), and whilst both songs are strong musically, the lyrical content lacks some of the polish of their peers.'Let's Get Adrenalized' puts out its edgy, ambitious message and sees the band stretching themselves with this fast-paced number, and for the first time a hint of a French accent comes through, although this doesn't let the song down whatsoever. Throughout the album, the sense of space between the instruments and inherent clarity is very apparent and it's easy to forget that this is the first release from this outfit; the production and playing is superb. As the first notes ring out from 'Crazy For Your Love', my first thoughts are of The Cult; as the song ebbs and flows, it endears itself with quieter guitar parts which build to the following chorus. For me, this hints of greater things to come from these guys.The building blocks for greatness are all contained within the nine tracks on offer here, and with care and more experience there is enormous potential for Drenalize to hone their craft and gain a good following. This is a debut album to be proud of – what a way to start!

Line-Up:

Chris Voltage [Aurélien Cerminara] (vocals)
Angel [Julien Brunello] (guitar)
Rick Thunder [Julien Etienne] (guitar)
Hugo Madeira (bass)
Alexandre Gricar (drums)

Tracklist:

01. Ignition
02. Point Of No Return
03. Destination Everywhere
04. Hot Shaking Night
05. I'll Be There For You
06. Kick Your Hearts Out
07. Let's Get Adrenalized
08. Crazy For Your Love
09. Can't Stop My Heart

+ Video "Destination Everywhere" (Audio Video)




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Drenalize - Edge Of Tomorrow (2022)











Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : France
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 101 mb

Bio:

DRENALIZE is a French Hard rock band formed in 2012.First about covers, our respective influences (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Aerosmith...) lead us today to make a very melodic and powerfull rocking music. With great guitars, great vocals and an unshakable devotion to rock'n'roll music, DRENALIZE is pure music from the heart."Destination Everywhere" from the hard rock-band Drenalize is the first single out from their first album coming on november 9th, 2015.

Album:

French hard rock outfit Drenalize have returned after a long hiatus to unleash ‘Edge of Tomorrow‘ onto the world. After releasing their debut album back in 2015, they toured extensively, opening for bands like Sister Sin, Toxic Rose, and Inglorious. I am not sure what would cause a band to have a seven year gap between their first and second album, but one would hope that the material they had constructed during that time would be superior to what came before, and I am happy to report that it is.The album opens with instrumental ‘2049‘. I am not much for pointless one-minute intros, but this one does remind me of WASP’s the Titanic Overture from the Crimson Idol album and that’s a good thing. It does what a proper intro should do, it brings you in with musical bombast, preparing you for what you are about to experience.With the first song ‘Strangers In The Mirrors’, It is here that we are introduced to an aspect of this album that make it unique from others in the genre. Singer Chris Voltage does some interesting vocal changeups throughout the album, but in particular they are all performed in this track. His voice sounds like a mix between Scorpions’ Klaus Meine and former Gypsy Rose singer Hakan Gustafsson. Many may not be familiar with the latter singer, but I assure you his voice is at times so similar to both singers on various tracks it’s uncanny. At times, he rises a few octaves to pepper the songs with high pitched screams. They are effective, but he wisely limits the times he does this as these notes are outside his range and too many attempts at that would destroy his vocal cords. After the guitar solo, he drops to a bass vocal to do a voiceover before returning to the main hook. He repeats these highs and lows throughout the album. I found these abilities to be a highlight of this album.He’s not the only one who gives standout performances. Along with some great riffs, there are killer solos from guitarists Julien Angel Brunello and Max Waynn, in particular on tracks ‘Strangers In the Mirrors’ and ‘Eternal Eclipse’. The guitar picking for the latter song is intense! The occasional double bass playing provided by drummer Alex Gricar helps to accentuate the sound, elevating the track in the process. Instrumental ‘Passage en Force’ shows the band in peak performance. I am usually not fond of instrumentals, but they make the wise choice of keeping the song under three minutes and jam packing it with killer playing and riffs galore. Instrumentals tend to be overblown and pompous, but this one gets right to the point and doesn’t let up for the length of the song.The best tracks for me can be found towards the end of the album. ‘Fast and Lethal’ is all vitriol. A kick-ass song about kicking ass, the band fires on all cylinders with the best riff found on the album. Some may be swayed away by the end, when Chris lays down some lyrics in a rapid nu-metal style to close out the song. I love little unexpected nuances like that as it differentiates it from other songs on the album. ‘Something to Believe In’ is another stand-out and sounds like nothing else from this record. A mix of a ballad and mid-tempo rocker, the song sounds like a tune Trixter or White Lion would record. As much as I like this song, it’s not representative of their overall sound. That should not dissuade people from the band, just don’t expect this type of sound if this is the first song you hear from them.While there are ten tracks listed, I would not count the opening intro as a song and one track is just an instrumental. It should be noted that there are only eight songs that feature all band members. After seven years between recordings, another track or two would have been nice.For those familiar with their debut album, I find that their new release is a definitive step up, with better production and a more diverse, adventurous style. The risks they take pay off. While they pepper their sound with deep throat growls, high pitched screams, and nu-metal intricacies, make no mistake that this is a hard rocking band that has constructed some great melodies sure to please fans who appreciate when a band branches out ever so slightly to make an inimitable sounding record.

Line-Up:

Chris Voltage [Aurélien Cerminara] (vocals)
Angel [Julien Brunello] (guitar)
Rick Thunder [Julien Etienne] (guitar)
Hugo Madeira (bass)
Alexandre Gricar (drums)

Tracklist:

01. 2049
02. Strangers In The Mirrors
03. No Miracle
04. Eternal Eclipse
05. Thirty More Seconds
06. Passage En Force
07. Into Madness
08. Fast 'N' Lethal
09. Something To Believe In
10. Edge Of Tomorrow




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