{"id":49365,"date":"2015-05-22T07:34:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T12:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=49365"},"modified":"2015-05-22T07:34:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T12:34:45","slug":"house-of-lords-indestructible-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2015\/house-of-lords-indestructible-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"House Of Lords | Indestructible<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alexandra Mrozowska<\/span>
\n– Senior Columnist —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"HOUSEWe Rock\/Metal listeners are people who perceive the world in simplistic categories, it seems. In accordance with this fact, new and coming bands are given every right to make drastic changes style- and sound-wise, either to define their own musical \u201cbrand\u201d or to breathe new life into otherwise fossilized genres. Whenever a band we consider \u201cclassic\u201d to the particular genre does the same, we\u2019re skeptical at best. Still looking forward to the former \u2013 each of them being a chance for the long-awaited revival of the Rock\/Metal scene \u2013 we simultaneously count on the predictable-yet-solid performance of the latter that works in accordance with whatever is perceived as their trademark, recognizable style. James Christian-fronted quartet House Of Lords is on every Melodic Hard Rock fan\u2019s radar since the late \u201880s and every time their new album hits the shelves, one can\u2019t help it but count on it to be as good and coherent as 1992\u2019s classic Demons Down<\/em>. Or at least \u2013 as good and coherent as anything from 2006\u2019s World Upside Down<\/em> onwards. This year brings no change to this status quo as another House Of Lords album Indestructible<\/em> is due to be released in June via Frontiers Records. <\/p>\n

Although an intro to the opening track \u201cGo To Hell\u201d has the odd Gregorian chant taste to it, it doesn\u2019t mean House Of Lords abandoned their Melodic Hard Rock roots and now go Power And The Myth<\/em> all the (wrong) way again. Claimed to be a continuation of the group\u2019s 2014 album Precious Metal, Indestructible picks up where its predecessor went off indeed. \u201cGo To Hell\u201d is thus no wandering off the beaten track in terms of music \u2013 melodic guitar-laden background, nice uptempo vibe to it, and a bombastic chorus. Next goes the title track driven with the bounding pulse of the drums and thumping bass followed by the melodic mid-tempo \u201cPillar Of Salt.\u201d Regardless of the title, \u201c100 Mph\u201d is more about melody than pace, a well-crafted track nevertheless, while \u201cCall My Bluff\u201d that goes next is unashamedly \u201880s hook embedded in modern Melodic Rock song structure. <\/p>\n

It was easy to predict Indestructible<\/em> has to feature at least one power ballad carrying the torch for the nostalgia-driven fans of \u201cRemember My Name\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s Forever For.\u201d \u201cWe Will Always Be One\u201d is therefore no novelty music-wise, but a neat slowdown moment before another catchy rocker much in manner of the previous tracks, entitled \u201cDie To Tell.\u201d With their sugary, somewhat Leppard-esque choruses, \u201cAnother Dawn\u201d and \u201cEye Of The Storm\u201d have almost a poppy feel to them \u2013 sounding almost as polished as if Mutt Lange had his nifty fingers in this proverbial pie! As for \u201cAin\u2019t Suicidal,\u201d it would have been all about the infectious hook again if it wasn\u2019t for the particularly rich guitar work throughout the song, the final track \u201cStand And Deliver\u201d being even feistier, yet still incredibly melodic.<\/p>\n

An album being released just a while after its predecessor is often nothing more but a handful of badly polished outtakes from the previous album, but this is certainly not the case with Indestructible<\/em>. Although it\u2019s been only a year since Precious Metal<\/em> saw the light of day, the band\u2019s new effort proves them to be like fine wine \u2013 getting more intense, more catchy and simply better with time. More than quarter a century into the band\u2019s history and 10 years after the current line-up was established, James Christian certainly knows which paths to tread music-wise. His seasoned voice not about to give him any restraint along the way, he\u2019s also wise enough to remain surrounded with a team of gifted musicians and songwriters in one. All this results in an album that\u2019s perhaps predictable and surely no oddity among the releases the band has already had under their belt\u2026 but in the case of House Of Lords, revolution rarely works as well as rock-solid stability and a flash of nostalgia do. Luckily, it\u2019s the fact this band seems to be perfectly aware of now. That\u2019s why their recent few releases are simply a string of Melodic Hard Rock treats all highly recommended to any aficionado of the genre \u2013 the 2015 addition to their discography being no exception to this. <\/p>\n

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

Band:
\nJames Christian \u2013 vocals
\nJimi Bell – guitars
\nChris McCarvill \u2013 bass guitars
\nBJ Zampa – drums<\/p>\n

Track List:
\n1.\tGo To Hell
\n2.\tIndestructible
\n3.\tPillar Of Salt
\n4.\t100 Mph
\n5.\tCall My Bluff
\n6.\tWe Will Always Be One
\n7.\tDie To Tell
\n8.\tAnother Dawn
\n9.\tEye Of The Storm
\n10.\tAin’t Suicidal
\n11.\tStand And Deliver<\/p>\n

Label: Frontiers Records<\/p>\n

Website: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/houseoflordsofficial<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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