There are some artists that have entire careers outside of North America and we never hear of them over a ten or twenty year span. Axel Rudi Pell is one such artist being his first album dropped in 1989 and he's continued to release music on a regular basis since.Pell really found their sound when former Hardline vocalist Johnny Gioeli joined the fold in 1997. From that point is where I first noticed them because of being a fan of Gioeli and I've continued to enjoy much of what the group has put out. The last album The Crest however did not impress me at all and I was firmly disappointed with it and the band on the whole. Here the ship seems to have been corrected and is sailing along nicely once again.
There are a few songs that have become friends with the skip button quickly and some that are so good I've already listened to them multiple times. Let's be honest this album isn't going to stand up to a lot of the music released this year but "Ghost In The Black", "Hold On To Your Dream" "Run With The Wind" and "Before I Die" are very good European metal songs that can fit nicely in your random metal playlist shuffle.
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