The
Tower is a new Swedish four piece playing slow, dark melodic 70s rock. Side A
has 6 short songs and starts off with short instrumental track Non Omnis Moriar.
Adrenalawine has a very catchy groove and gets things started in a great way. I
was hooked right a way with the cool guitar riff. Exile is catchy track and
could be the single if there was going to be some radio play from this record.
Lucy is a slower bluesy track with a nice wah guitar solo and really builds up
at the end to a massive freakout with Tommie really pounding the drums. Lions
at the Gate is another really melodic track with some great bass playing by
Viktor a nice guitar solo, again, heavy on the wah! Pinetree Mary starts slowly
but then really picks up again driven by Viktor’s bass lines. Side B starts
with the long track, Moonstoned, which has a very tasteful guitar solo and in
general I really like the guitar playing of August. Wounds starts off in a
quite psychedelic way before the sound changes and the track develops. The
guitar and bass section is really cool on this track with a far out effect on
the guitar. The Tower ends this album with again a bit longer track and this is
slow and a bit spacey and then really speeds up and then comes back down. There
is not much of a solo but what great dynamics and vibe and cool lyrics. How to
describe them? Let’s just say they have listened to a lot of 70s record records
like Black Widow, November, and probably their country mates in Sweden,
Graveyard, Witchcraft, etc... They have
their own vibe though. Eric has a special voice, a bit like Jon Oliva from
Savatage at times without the screams, but it fits well with the vibe of the
music and the whole band really sound great. Some compared them to the Doors
but I don’t hear it, check them out for sure. Great record.
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
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