In the series "it's in the old pots that we make the best soups", here is a formation that has certainly made the most emulators in the style of melodic hard rock since the 80s because, if you are looking for 'Def Leppard' in myprogmusic, it's quite often that I quote the British group which, for forty years (it's been a long time since my vinyls 'On Through The Night' and 'High 'N' Dry' gave up the ghost after repeated listening), have built a worldwide reputation with more than 100 million albums sold. of the group has always lasted during all these years and, after the eponymous album 'Def Leppard' released in 2015 which had plunged us back into the cauldron of melodic hard rock of the 80s, all the fans will still recover a small dose with this new baby from the British, 'Diamond Star Hallos'. And since they don't do the work halfway, they offer us 15 compositions that they have been able to refine during the past 2 years. No need for a long review (there are already enough on the web) to tell you that this latest opus is the bomb!! whether it's the compositions that take us back to the early 80s with the addictive melodies that are 'Take What You Want' (see the video above), 'Kick' (see the video here) or 'Fire It Up' (watch the video here) and those choirs that marked us so much, or whether it's compositions like 'This Guitar' in collaboration with blues/country artist 'Alison Kraus' or 'Liquid Dust' and 'From Here To Eternity' with their psychedelic side of the 'Beatles' or even 'Goodbye For Good This Time' and 'Angels (Can 't Help You Now)' with this time the participation of the pianist of 'David Bowie', 'Mike Garson', which also show all the talent of this legendary group for softer compositions, we are completely under the spell and everything is done to have a great time listening. In short, no need to add more, this latest baby of 'Def Leppard' is a succession of melodic hits in a panel of quite different atmospheres which should certainly make 'Diamond Star Halos' one of the contenders for the best album of melodic rock/hard rock in 2022... | |
