{"id":50932,"date":"2016-01-15T09:08:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=50932"},"modified":"2016-01-15T09:10:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:10:38","slug":"lars-lind-soul-kicker-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2016\/lars-lind-soul-kicker-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Lars Lind | <em>Soul Kicker<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by John Kindred<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; Publisher &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/soulkickercover-350x350.jpg\" alt=\"soulkickercover\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-50948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/soulkickercover-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/soulkickercover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/soulkickercover.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Norway, the land of the midnight sun, offers ups its latest native son Lars Lind. Lind, guitarist and composer, has just released his latest studio album <em>Soul Kicker<\/em>. The 9 track instrumental release on Shredguy Records features performances from drummer John Macaluso, bassist Simon Fitzpatrick and keyboardist Jan-Fredrik Heier.<\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of famous Norwegian\u2019s such as Ronnie Le Tekro (TNT) and John Norum (Europe) \u2026 Lind composes nine instrumental songs which incorporates elements of Hard Rock and Metal laying out a sound bed for Lind to provide ample guitar melodies and solos over the top of.<\/p>\n<p><em>Soul Kicker<\/em> offer fans musical explorations, which utilize the different genres to create an emotional vibe, varying from aggressive energy to tightly wound tension. While Macaluso and Simon Fitzpatrick lock in and hold the songs together, Heier keys are interwoven into the music playing a subtle role supporting Lind\u2019s guitars. <\/p>\n<p>Each song is a musical journey where Lind carries listeners down a road where his guitar tells the story against a back drop of musical instrumentation. Those excursions include emotive Hard Rock Blues &#8211; \u201cApache Sun,\u201d Satriani-eqsue explorations \u2013 \u201cIgnite,\u201d blisitering solos \u2013  \u201cTred Machine\u201d and speedy-arppegiated-sweeps \u2013 \u201cWicked She is.\u201d Lind commands his guitar like a true master; he has an exceptional tone and possesses strong compositional skills.<\/p>\n<p> While people always view Norway as a cold landscape of ice and snow, Lind comes forth from the land of the North and delivers the heat. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HvoLZqrzdlI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Genre: Instrumental, Shred, Hard Rock, Metal<\/p>\n<p>Band:<br \/>\nLars Lind (g)<br \/>\nJohn Macaluso (d)<br \/>\nSimon Fitzpatrick (b)<br \/>\nJan-Fredrik Heier (k)<\/p>\n<p>Track Listing:<br \/>\n1.\tTred Machine<br \/>\n2.\tApache Sun<br \/>\n3.\tTwilight Carnival<br \/>\n4.\tIgnite<br \/>\n5.\tSoul Kicker<br \/>\n6.\tMoon Trail<br \/>\n7.\tSpeed Haze<br \/>\n8.\tForgiven<br \/>\n9.\tWicked She Is<\/p>\n<p>Label: Shredguy Records<\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/larslind.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/larslind.com\/<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shredguyrecords.bigcartel.com\/product\/lars-lind-soul-kicker-cd\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.shredguyrecords.bigcartel.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hardrock Haven rating: 8.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by John Kindred &#8211; Publisher &#8212; Norway, the land of the midnight sun, offers ups its latest native son Lars Lind. Lind, guitarist and composer, has just released his latest studio album Soul Kicker. The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2016\/lars-lind-soul-kicker-cd-review\/\" title=\"Lars Lind | Soul Kicker\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":50948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13652],"tags":[2317,11957,11955,11953,2205,11956,11954],"class_list":{"0":"post-50932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arcrvws2016","8":"tag-cd-review","9":"tag-jan-fredrik-heier","10":"tag-john-macaluso","11":"tag-lars-lind","12":"tag-shredguy-records","13":"tag-simon-fitzpatrick","14":"tag-soul-kicker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}