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Mountain Of Power (Vol 2)
Release :2010 Genre :
Hard/Heavy Rock
Mountain Of Power is a project masterminded by Swedish axe-maestro Janne Stark. The purpose is to pay tribute to guitar driven 70s rock music. In 2006 Vol1 was released which featured covers of bands like Budgie, Captain Beyond, Stray Dog etc.
Now it's time for Vol 2 and like the first time around he has invited lot's of guitar friends to help him out. On Vol1 it was only Swedish guests but this time he has brought in some international guitar slingers like Ty Tabor (King's X), Rusty Burns (Point Blank) and Danish hot-shot Martin J Andersen (Blindstone).
The Swedes are among others Johan Norum (Europe), Claes Yngström (Sky High) and Conny Bloom (Electric Boys). In addition to playing lead guitar, Janne himself handles all rhythm guitars and bass.
This album is really a guitar bonanza of the highest order but without great vocals it would not work so therefore Janne also invited vocalist like Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt/Quiet Riot), Pontus Snibb(Bonafide), Conny Bloom, Claes Yngström etc.
A 70s covers album may not sound too exciting because it has been done many times before, but what makes this such an enjoyable affair is the relative obscurity of the chosen material. Doing a cover of songs like Y&T's “Struck Down”, Rory Gallagher's “Bad Penny”, Ufo's “Reasons Love” and Frank Marino's “Takin' Bout A Feeling” is really not standard fodder.
If you dig guitar oriented music with lots of soloing this album is a must have. It's 14 songs long and that is maybe a little bit too much to take in one blow, but why complain when you get value for money.
Picking favourites is not easy but Johan Norum's, Martin B Andersen's and Thomas Anderssons work on “Takin Bout A Feling” is absolutely brilliant. Two other is “Waves” (Ty Tabor) and “Indian Dawn” (Thomas Larsson).
Verdict: 4/5
Out now on Grooveyard Records.
by BigRedMachine
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