{"id":29477,"date":"2016-04-03T20:03:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T10:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=29477"},"modified":"2016-04-06T19:50:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T09:50:14","slug":"the-defiants-the-defiants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2016\/04\/the-defiants-the-defiants\/","title":{"rendered":"The Defiants \u2013 The Defiants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>It\u2019s not often I get to the end of an album and audibly say \u2018Wow\u2019 when I\u2019m the only one here, but I just finished my first listen through The Defiants album and let me tell you why that \u2018Wow\u2019 happened and why you can expect to do exactly the same thing as well when you get through these twelve tracks of absolutely amazing melodic rock goodness.<\/p>\n

The coming together of old Danger Danger band mates Paul Laine, Bruno Ravel and Rob Marcello are the machine behind this and to hear them back together again and not even just that, to make an album of this calibre is something else. After an intro piece we get straight into \u2018Love and Bullets\u2019 and with a hook like that you may as well bring ALL the fish home as you\u2019re gonna catch them all. THIS is the kind of music the world needs, that the majority of the world is oblivious to and that needs to change, I don\u2019t know why the world can\u2019t embrace this kind of music all round? It confuses me, BUT for those that do hear it and do understand it they are the lucky ones that get to appreciate a piece of art and this certainly is just that. \u2018When The Lights Go Down\u2019 is a big rocker, with an even bigger gang vocal chorus makes this one stand out, and the breakdown before the final chorus is a great arrangement and allows Rob to show off a little, man, that cat can play, and this one just gets better with a fade out, I love those.<\/p>\n

\u2018Waiting On A Heartbreak\u2019 sounds like it should be a big ballad, or am I just confusing it with Winger? I kid, I like Winger, but this one is no ballad, it\u2019s in fact a really well produced rocker, the guitar tone in this one as it chunks through the verses is perfect leading into once again a killer solo. Then with a solo outro being something I\u2019ve always been a fan of and this one does it well making this track a stand out for sure. A count in for \u2018Runaway\u2019 and this is already my favourite song on the album, the instant groove it hits with the piano and finger clicks taking the lead before the musical onslaught kicks in with a chorus you instantly start singing along with, it may be simple but holy shit, it\u2019s so good and just makes you enjoy it, I challenge you to not like it, I seriously do, whoa oh oh oh oh, sorry just had to join in. Oh shit, no you didn\u2019t\u2026 middle 8 for the win!! \u2018Lil Miss Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u2019 is another catchy little ditty and I did enjoy the naughty naughty thrown in for a bit of a D2 reference. Sometimes I wish people could see me doing these reviews, I\u2019m sitting here tapping my foot as my head is nodding along to the beat, this is by far not a chore to listen to! We go from the fun tap along of \u2018Lil Miss Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u2019 to the fast paced \u2018The Last Kiss\u2019 which for me sounds most like it could\u2019ve come straight off of one of Laine\u2019s Danger Danger albums so that should give you an idea of what it sounds like.<\/p>\n

\u2018Save Me Tonight\u2019 is the first slower track from the album and what it has it a big power ballad type chorus and I\u2019m ok with that, you should all know if you\u2019re a reader of the site of my love of a big ballad and this one delivers nicely. Hey bands everywhere, write more ballads please! If you\u2019ve been up to date on all things happening in The Defiants camp you may have heard this next track already, the big \u2018Take Me Back\u2019 and all its melodic glory, and I love this one lyrically too, just a damn fun song and the title tells you what it\u2019s about, throw yourself back into the world, remember how it was and live it again and this mother fucker has a key change!! Guys, at least buy me dinner first before you bring out the big guns! I\u2019m a happy camper with this one, it\u2019s now my favourite on the record as it just ticks all the boxes. The rock never stops as \u2018We All Fall Down\u2019 and its bitchin\u2019 bridge take the prize for this one, as it rocks its way through the solo outro and perfect rock formula I grew up with, I guess maybe that\u2019s why I\u2019m absolutely loving this as it\u2019s taking me back to a place I loved and still love, yeah that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Sadly there are only two more tracks left on the album, the first being \u2018That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You\u2019 and the second ballad on the album and it\u2019s as good if not better than the last, and once again Bruno who\u2019s on producer duties has done an amazing job on this one that clocks in just under seven minutes, and seven minutes that doesn\u2019t drag as you get into the song, and before you know it we\u2019re headstrong into \u2018Underneath The Stars\u2019 to close out the album, and what a way to go out, remember those hooks from the opener, well they obviously kept some aside as this one is outstanding, you know what? THIS one, the final track on the album is actually now my favourite, and that\u2019s testament to a band that has made a collectively perfect record. Go on, tell me when track twelve is your favourite on any album\u2026 that\u2019s right, it\u2019s damn near impossible.<\/p>\n

So yeah, I feel my \u2018Wow\u2019 from the start of the review was warranted, as I just got to listen to what actually could be the best album I listen to all year and it\u2019s only April. Thank you to The Defiants for creating an album this good, and an album that will make people truly enjoy what music is all about, great songs, amazing musicianship and a sound that just makes you so damn happy.<\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong>\u00a0USA<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong>\u00a015 April 2016<\/p>\n

Produced By:<\/strong>\u00a0Bruno Ravel<\/p>\n

Record label:<\/strong>\u00a0Frontiers Records<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Official Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:<\/strong>
\nIntro (Carillon’s Theme)
\nLove And Bullets
\nWhen The Lights Go Down
\nWaiting On A Heartbreak
\nRunaway
\nLil’ Miss Rock ‘n’ Roll
\nThe Last Kiss
\nSave Me Tonight
\nTake Me Back
\nWe All Fall Down
\nThat’s When I’ll Stop Loving You
\nUnderneath The Stars<\/p>\n

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