Solna-Eurameric-2009-SSR

ARTIST: Solna
TITLE: Eurameric
LABEL: CD Inzane
GENRE: Hard Rock
BITRATE: 211kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41min total
RELEASE DATE: 2009-00-00
RIP DATE: 2009-04-01

Line-up:

Pamela Moore-vocals
Ralf Scheepers-vocals
Alex De Rosso-guitars
Eric Ragno-keyboard
Tim Harris-bass
Fabrizio Grossi-bass
Rob De Luca-bass
Zane Petersen-drums

Track List:

1. Ms. Eurameric 0:27
2. Blinded By The Rain 4:03
3. Celebrate 4:51
4. Where Are You Running 4:33
5. Feel Alive 5:03
6. Someone Else 0:15
7. Moment Of Truth 3:45
8. Woman In Love 3:58
9. Light A Candle 4:40
10.Sent From Heaven 4:26
11.Dreams 5:07

Release notes:

At the tail end of last year Solna released its first feat of arms , a 6 track EP entitled �Send From Heaven� which was given no less than 5 stars by RR colleague Chris, and now we are presented a genuine full release called �Eurameric�.
Drummer and producer Zane Petersen is still the driving force behind this band although all the songs were written by fellow Swedish rockers Jan Akesson and Peter Grundström. Besides the aforementioned mister Petersen, Solna consists of musicians from all corners of the world with Pamela Moore being the most well known. Just in case there would be someone out there who has never heard of miss Moore: she is responsible for handling the vocals as Sister Mary on �Operation: Mindcrime� and more recently (2007) she joined Eden�s Curse for a duet on their �Second Coming� platter.
But that doesn�t mean that the other contributors to this album are complete unknowns, on the contrary! Who exactly are we talking about here? Well, we have singer Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, Gamma Ray), guitarist Alex De Rosso (Dokken) and bassists Ron De Luca (Spread Eagle, Sebastian Bach), Fabrizio Grossi (Steve Vai, Neal Schon) and Tim Harris.
Musically Solna dabbles in classic hard rock with a dash of AOR.
The disc opens with a short intro in true Queensr˙che style (with a telephone that rings) followed by the ferocious rock of �Blinded By The Rain� on which Pamela Moore steals the show with her amazing vocals.
Not so impressive is �Celebrate� that sees Ralf Scheepers handling the lead vocal part but fortunately this is only a small hick up as there is plenty of good stuff in the shape of power rockers such as �Where Are You Running�, � Moment Of Truth� and � Sent From Heaven�. The guitar playing by Alex De Rosso is especially tasty on these particular cuts. Other songs worth an extra mention are �Feel Alive� (on which Ralf and Pamela share vocals) and the ballads �Light And Candles� and �Dreams�.
To sum thins up, this is a recommended release for those who like a quality mix of heavy rockers and more AOR tinged cuts.

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