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Lillian Axe - Waters Rising

 

	RELEASED: July 17, 2007 PRODUCER: LABEL:Metro City Records BAND: Steve Blaze Derrick Lefevre Eric Morris Sam Poitevent Ken Koudelka
+ Vocals, Guitar - Production, Long songs go nowhwere at times,	TRACKS: 1. Waters Rising 2.Antarctica 3.Become A Monster 4.Quarantine 5.I Have To Die,goodbye 6.Fear Of Time 7.Until The End Of The World 8.Fields Of Yesterday 9.Thirst 10.The 2nd Of May 11.Deep In The Black 12.5

OVERVIEW

It’s been a long time between discs for this band, and the ones they did have aren’t even available anymore. So fans should be up in arms about a new disc. Sure the whole band isn’t there, but the new vocalist is looking great and they’ve even slotted into Rocklahoma..

SONGS

The main thing that gets your attention on first hearing Waters Rising is the great vocals and melody. Showing that new vocalist Derrik LeFevre fits right in. Make no mistake; they may be an American band, but this is (what has become) Euro melodic rock through and through. Good stuff too. The stomping back beat and heavy groove of Monster shows what the band can do, but it fails to go anywhere great. Quarantine drags on as well, and although the guitar is great, it obviously lends its melodies from…Hotel California…yes. The complex ballad I Have To Die loses its momentum at times, but is a worthwhile listen. Fear Of Time gets the album back on track and shows what the band can do. Until The End could’ve been really great, but lacks a little punch; still a good listen. Although it goes on, Fields is an epic masterpiece. Just as long, but very different is the well executed Deep In The Black. It finishes up with the technical guitar shred instrumental 5.

CONCLUSION

While this album is decent, it could have been a lot more. For starters the production is very hollow and sounds dated already. The vocals have worked out great, but the lyrics remind me of Iron Maiden; sure they’re great, but they don’t always fit the song, and sometimes the song is servicing the lyrics. Which leads us to the main point; The songs just seem to go on…and on. There’s 2 songs that come in at 8:30, but have little to hold your attention for that long;  November Rain or Master Of Puppets they are not. The title track kicks off great, and is easily the albums best, pity they couldn’t have drawn on that a little more.

In all though, fans will be, and should be happy and this new offering, but casual rock fans might want to steer clear; unless you like the idea of melodic rock epic’s – then this might be right up your alley.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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