{"id":9469,"date":"2012-06-07T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T04:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=9469"},"modified":"2012-06-21T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T05:54:05","slug":"hardline-danger-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2012\/06\/hardline-danger-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardline – Danger Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cDominated by melodic rock right to the very end, this is the album that many Hardline fans have most likely been waiting for since Double Eclipse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Whilst the lineup of Hardline has changed much over the course of the bands 20 odd year history and 4 albums, there has been one constant \u2013 the unmistakable vocals of Johnny Gioeli, surely possessing one of the most distinctive voices in ROCK, whether it be with Hardline or the more metallic Axel Rudi Pell.\u00a0 With Hardline\u2019s debut album Double Eclipse <\/em>universally hailed as one of the absolute classic melodic rock records, new album Danger Zone <\/em>sees Hardline hitting back with 12 songs of pure melodic rock, after heading into a more \u201cmodern\u201d direction on their past two releases.<\/p>\n

As if almost making a deliberate statement, opening track Fever Dreams <\/em>kicks off the record with 10 seconds of keyboards, before that powerful Hardline guitar crunch so integral to the Double Eclipse<\/em> album kicks in.\u00a0 Then it\u2019s time for those trademark vocals of Gioeli to soar all over this fist pumping anthemic rocker. .\u00a0 10,000 Reasons <\/em>drops the intensity back ever so slightly, but is an out and out melodic rocker with a gigantic chorus.\u00a0 Title track Danger Zone <\/em>is the albums epic \u00a0track clocking in at over 6 minutes with some searing guitar work, but \u00a0somewhat saps the intensity built up by the opening two tracks.\u00a0 What I\u2019d Like <\/em>however picks things back up again.<\/p>\n

At the core of this album is Alessandro Del Vecchio (Edge Of Forever, Edens Curse, Lionville) who handled the key songwriting, production and keyboard duties.\u00a0 As producer and as detailed in the EPK video below, Alessandro\u2019s key aim for this album in those roles was to really bring out the best vocal performance possible in Gioeli.\u00a0 For me, there\u2019s no better example on this album than the powerful ballad\u2019esque Stronger Than Me <\/em>that has moments where it really reminds me of a Winger Rainbow In The Rose <\/em>type vibe.\u00a0 But it\u2019s the emotion and power of those vocals that are the tracks centrepiece.\u00a0 Never Too Late For Love <\/em>and Stay <\/em>are killer AOR songs, whereas Show Me Your Love <\/em>would have been the perfect third track for the album, huge intensity, even huger gang vocals with some storming guitar riffs in the vein of say Whitesnake and Dokken at their heaviest.<\/p>\n

Dominated by melodic rock right to the very last moment, this is the album that many Hardline fans have most likely been waiting for since that cracking debut.\u00a0 Simply superb stuff and an album that is bound to feature in many top album lists for the year.<\/p>\n

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

For fans of:<\/strong> Melodic rock and of course Johnny Gioeli and Hardline<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 18 May 2012<\/p>\n

Record label:<\/strong> Frontiers Records\/Riot! Entertainment (Australia)<\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/strong> Alessandro Del Vecchio<\/p>\n

Track listing:
\n<\/strong>Fever Dreams
\n10000 Reasons
\nDanger Zone
\nWhat I’d Like
\nStronger Than Me
\nNever Too Late For Love
\nStay
\nI Don’t Want To Break Away
\nLook At You Now
\nPlease Have Faith In Me
\nShow Me Your Love
\nThe Only One<\/p>\n

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