{"id":20349,"date":"2012-06-04T18:30:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T23:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=20349"},"modified":"2013-02-05T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T21:10:18","slug":"hardline-danger-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/hardline-danger-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardline | Danger Zone<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Nikiforos Skoumas<\/span>
\nStaff Writer —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"HardlineSince the release of their debut- Double Eclipse<\/em> – in 1992 it took a good decade for the world to see a second Hardline album (II<\/em>) and another seven years for a third one (Leaving the End Open<\/em>); so clearly few would have expected a fourth Hardline album in such short notice.<\/p>\n

What started as the hard rock vehicle of guitar legend Neil Schon in an attempt to explore a heavier style of melodic rock, has turned into the melodic hard rock outfit of singer Johnny Gioeli, the only original member since their debut. Guitar-hero Josh Ramos, a big part of the preceding two studio albums, is also out of the picture leaving Gioeli and Frontiers records to assemble a new Hardline line up. <\/p>\n

Entering the line up are keyboardist Alessandro Del Vecchio and guitar wizard Thorsten Koehne both of the melodic metal band Eden\u2019s Curse, plus girl bassist Anna Portalupi (formerly of Mitch Malloy) and drummer Francesco Jovino. <\/p>\n

So, really, those familiar with the names mentioned above have every reason to be exited with this new offering, and their hopes are well rewarded from the opening notes of \u201cFever Dreams,\u201d the very definition of arena rock songwriting followed by the melodic hard rocker \u201cTen Thousand Reasons\u201d and the anthemic \u201cWhat I\u2019d Like\u201d. Clearly with a title like Danger Zone<\/em> one can not possibly expect anything other than a \u201880s oriented melodic holocaust and between Koehne\u2019s melodic shredding, Jovino\u2019s double bass-tom drumming and Gioeli\u2019s extraordinary vocal performance, that\u2019s what you get. <\/p>\n

Danger Zone<\/em> features a fair amount of external contributions in terms of songwriting (by such household names as Matti Alfonzetti, Daniel Flores and Chris Laney) while the majority of tracks are composed by Alessandro who also produces the album. So on that basis, the new Hardline album can not stand that far away musically from Eden\u2019s Curse or Vecchio\u2019s solo project Edge of Forever which is by no means a bad thing given that melody and attack have always been the essence of Hardline. What\u2019s more? Gioeli and Vecchio are already planning a fifth album-by the looks of it the new Hardline is here to stay. <\/p>\n

Genre: Melodic Hard Rock, Arena Rock<\/p>\n

Line up:
\nJohnny Gioeli \u2013 vocals
\nAlessandro Del Vecchio – keyboards and backing vocals
\nThorsten Koehne – guitars
\nAnna Portalupi – bass
\nFrancesco Jovino – drums<\/p>\n

Track List:
\n01. Fever Dreams
\n02. 10000 Reasons
\n03. Danger Zone
\n04. What I’d Like
\n05. Stronger Than Me
\n06. Never Too Late For Love
\n07. Stay
\n08. I Don’t Wanna Break Away
\n09. Look At You Now
\n10. Please Have Faith In Me
\n11. Show Me Your Love
\n12. The Only One<\/p>\n

Label: Frontier Records<\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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