Year : 2023
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Argentina
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 122 mb
Bio:
Hard Rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina.Their album "No Turning Back" from 2021 already left a very good impression on us in the past. For that work they counted on Mario Altamirano (Rata Blanca, Tarja, ANIMAL) for the production and mixing stage and without a doubt this worked to perfection on the band's debut. Nowadays the formula is repeated for "Hide The End", but this time the imprint of Christian Vidal as main producer and Mario as Co-Producer mixing and mastering appears stronger.Undoubtedly, the guys fit perfectly when it comes to matching melodies and synchronizing to take the songs to a superlative level. Pablo Zuccalá's voice has it all. It's smooth, melodic and versatile when it needs to be, but it can also be hard, sharp and hit notes that not many in the country are able to pull off magnificently. Charlie Giardina on the four strings sounds precise and it is worth noting that the bass is not at all out of the limelight in almost all the compositions. On drums, Pablo Garrocho is the component that with his neat and harmonious way of playing completes the puzzle to give us this excellent mid-year release.The CUERO guitarist's international experience and tour has not been in vain, and I'm sorry, but Christian deserves this paragraph for himself. It is really exciting how, without knowing him personally, I feel that in this album he gives free rein to his relentless and brilliant virtuosity. The album has some really emotional passages, some very technical ones, in fact it has everything. Far from being a basic hard rock album, Christian delights us with several moments strongly marked by metal and its more progressive version, as well as with the exquisite guitar solos that only he is capable of. VIDAL is an ambivalent guitarist capable of playing with Patricia Sosa, Therion or on a solo album and performs a matching and stupendous task without faltering at any moment.
Album:
The Argentinian hard rock band Soulkick, who consists of Christian Vidal (Therion) on guitar, Charlie Giardina (former Eric Martin’s Band) on bass, Pablo Garrocho (former Eric Martin’s Band) on drums and Pablo Zuccalá on lead vocals, will be release their second album ‘Hide the End’ on August 6th.Hard rock from Argentina? We don’t get to hear a lot of that so Soulkick certainly have the attention. The question is, can they hold it across 11 tracks? It’s a groovy, powerful, and melodic start with Sign of the Times. Soulkick living up to their name with a punt right to the hard rock soul. The highlight? The pre-chorus, with its lovely harmonised vocals and the chorus itself, which is quite infectious.What is clear from this start is that Soulkick are certainly drawing inspiration from the rockers of old and that becomes more obvious with the animated body shaker that is Last Goodbye. One of the album’s best offerings because it is so catchy. Although On the Road’s deep melody and thrumming bass sound is very appealing too.Then along comes one of the most melodically pensive efforts in the form of The Lighthouse. Followed by the pernicious groove and empathic energy of Voices in the Night. The groove is strong in this one and makes the heart beat that little faster. Before Reasons takes the album past the halfway point with rocking flair.It’s a lot of fun so far. Hard to call original, but what can be called original these days? All we can hope for is a rollicking good time and Soulkick are delivering it. The Rope, Empty Faces, Perfect Day, and Make Believe all adding to enjoyment with a bevy of headbangers, danceable hits and melody-focused moodiness. A constant source of hard rock highs and lows.All leading to a big finale called Carved in Stone, where Soulkick get a little progressive and weird with things. A very cool song on a very cool album.SOULKICK is destined to kick several souls on their second major steady step into the scene. Undoubtedly a great album that will be well received by rock and metal audiences in general.
Line-Up:
Pablo Zuccala - vocals
Christian Vidal - guitar
Charlie Giardina - bass
Pablo Garrocho - drums
Production:
Produced by Christian Vidal
Mixed and Mastered by Mario Altamirano
Tracklist:
01. Sign of the Times
02. Last Goodbye
03. On the road
04. Lighthouse
05. Voices in the Night
06. Reasons
07. The Rope
08. Empty faces
09. Perfect Day
10. Make Believe
11. Carved in Stone
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