{"id":67993,"date":"2020-01-05T08:16:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=67993"},"modified":"2020-01-05T08:16:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T13:16:56","slug":"dr-pheabes-army-of-the-sun-music-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2020\/dr-pheabes-army-of-the-sun-music-review\/","title":{"rendered":"DR. PHEABES | Army Of The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dan Skiba<\/span>
\n\u2014 Columnist \u2014<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Doctor Pheabes is an odd-named band hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Army Of The Sun<\/em> is their 3rd release. The band definitely works under the \u201cFriends & Family\u201d moniker \u2013 the Parrillo brothers get the limelight on vocals and guitar, while the Ressio brothers hold down the rhythm section. The band was able to land some fortuitous opening act spots with some major league heavy hitters such as Guns N\u2019 Roses, Black Sabbath, and The Rolling Stones, and got a good taste of how fame, fortune, and notoriety can be enjoyed. With that goal in mind, Army Of The Sun<\/em> is the first album by the good Doctor to be released in North America.<\/p>\n

When thinking Brazilian Metal, your first thoughts may take you to Angra and their razor-precision Power Metal, or perhaps Sepultura and their brutal breed of bludgeoning Metal. Melodic Hard Rock coming out of South America would likely be way down on your list \u2026 if even making the cut. But, sure enough, Melodic Hard Rock exists in Brazil and is exactly what Doctor Pheabes plays. <\/p>\n

\u201cMelodic\u201d anything attached to a genre often translates to \u201cno balls\u201d or \u201csappy\u201d song topics and song structures. To be sure, that is not the case with Army Of The Sun<\/em>. Eduardo Parrillo certainly has \u201cMelodic\u201d pipes and there are a shit ton of catchy melodies within this album, but the band also drives in a few Modern Punk elements (think Green Day) interjected with an Old School Garage Band Punk feel that once was heard with artists such as Iggy Pop. There is amazing instrument clarity on this album, which grabs you in when listening as if the band was right there playing in front of you.<\/p>\n

But, you need to check this record out for yourself \u2026 start with \u201cBetter Off Alone,\u201d \u201cRebel Riders,\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Go\u201d \u2026 then you\u2019ll know if Doctor Pheabes is a band for you. Chances are you\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised!<\/p>\n

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

Band:
\nEduardo Parrillo \u2013 Vocals
\nFernando Parrillo \u2013 Guitars
\nFabio Ressio \u2013 Bass
\nPaulo Ressio – Drums<\/p>\n

Tracklisting:
\nArmy Of The Sun
\nBetter Off Alone
\nRebel Riders
\nHere To Stay
\nYour Love Is Mine
\nAsk Of You
\nFind A Way
\nBack In Town
\nStranded In Love
\nLet\u2019s Go
\nLive Forever<\/p>\n

Label: Independent<\/p>\n

Website: http:\/\/doctorpheabes.com<\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: [usr 7.0 size=20]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Dan Skiba \u2014 Columnist \u2014 Doctor Pheabes is an odd-named band hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Army Of The Sun is their 3rd release. The band definitely works under the \u201cFriends & Family\u201d […]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":67994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15057,15056,2847,2368,334],"class_list":{"0":"post-67993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music-reviews","8":"tag-army-of-the-sun","9":"tag-dr-pheabes","10":"tag-melodic-hard-rock","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-review"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67993","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}