After the two hard-rock and melodic rock albums by 'Hardline' and 'Toby Hitchcock' released a week before, we are going back in the same style and this time in Sweden for the second album of 'Rian' which had released their first studio recording 'Out of the Darkness' in 2017. Created by guitarist and singer 'Richard Andermyr' and joined by guitarist 'Tobias Jakobsson' for this second opus, they offer us 11 compositions that bring us back to the melodic hard rock of the 80s with of course a modern sound and the quality production is ensured by 'Daniel Flores' well known in the profession (among others in his latest releases 'Angelica', 'The Murder of My Sweet' or even 'First Signal'). And as often in this case, melodic hits parade one after the other starting with 'Stop' (see video above) that would not have denied 'Foreigner' and they alternate energetic and rhythmic compositions like 'In the Dark' (see video here), 'Twenty-Three', 'Body and Soul' or even 'Stranger to Me' with more measured tempos like 'Where Do We Run', 'We Belong' or 'The Passenger' and the quieter moments are well represented with the three tracks 'For You Heart', 'My Ocean' and 'Your Beauty'. In short, unsurprisingly, this second album 'Twenty-Three' from the Swedes of 'Rian' is added to the many releases in this style in 2021 and it is still a quality album that should be on repeat in loop in many and lovers of melodic rock/hard-rock because everything is done to get on the listener from the first listen... | |
