New week... time to introduce "Record Of The Week"
This week we put our attention to the land of Apollo and Olive Oil, here we find the Greece rockers NIGHTSTALKER. They have been around for two decades already. "Great Hallucinations" is the eight album release from these guys. This is an album that is rooted in old school hard rock with great tunes, cool lyrics with a bluesy, distorted, catchy and melodic sound that make it a loveful listening hour. In other words, everything that is needed to make a great album that hits your soul. Eight tunes split over 42 mins, makes the average length of the tunes perfectly reasonable.
"Great Hallucinations" is a groovy, catchy piece with a great variation in the tunes to keep the interest up and rolling all the way to the finish line. It's a well-crafted album with good production and sound, clear separation of all the instruments and vocals in the mix. Great power in Argy's voice, heavy and fuzzy guitar from Tolis, spacey and groovy bass licks from Andreas bass and finally a great swing in Dino's arms when he hits the drums.
The album opens up with the energic and upbeat rocker "Black Cloud", catchy lyrics surrounded by a heavy melodic guitar riffing that makes it almost impossible to sit still. This followed by the half paced rocker and first single "Sweet Knife", heavy chorus, upbuilding tempo in the end where they almost go bananas without losing focus. The album continues delivering excellent tunes, take the big rhythms in the tune "Sad Side Of The City", or the heavy fuzzy riffing in the melodic pieces "Seven Out Of Ten" and "Half Crazy", or the bluesy and groovy tune "Cursed" and the beautiful "Hole In The Mirror", heavy, melodic and just marvelous. The album closes with a trippy ending in "Great Hallucinations". This is a solid album release from NIGHSTALKER, absolutely worth checking up!
Sum: "Great Hallucinations" is an evening bath with Olive Oil without mushrooms.
NIGHTSTALKER consists:
Argy (Vocals),
Andreas Lagios (Bass),
Tolis Motsios (Guitar),
Dinos Roulos (Drums).
Today's tune "Sweet Knife" is taken from "Great Hallucinations", enjoy!
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