And it is again in Sweden that we are heading with this new association between the multi-instrumentalist and composer 'Jan Åkesson' (' Stonelake' and 'Jan Akesson's Shadow Rain') and female singer 'Tezzi Persson', the line-up being completed by 'Stonelake' drummer, 'Jens Westberg'. As much in symphonic metal, we are used to having frontwomen's, as much in melodic hard-rock, it is quite rare to hear women and, it is clear, that this new project 'Infinite & Divine' has everything to work with a rock and melodic hard-rock audience because 'Tezzi Persson' shows remarkable vocal qualities with a powerful and melodious vocals which works perfectly with the compositions of 'Jan Åkesson' and which has nothing to envy to the best hard-rock and metal singers. On the menu of this first studio recording 'Silver Lining', They offer us 11 direct and effective tracks between 3 and 4 minutes with melodies that easily enter your head. The opus is particularly focused on energetic and catchy rhythmic sections with subtle variations of intensity and heady choruses as for example in 'I Feel Alive', 'Wasteland', 'Burn No More' or even 'Keep On Moving' and 'Off the End of the World' whose latters can even make think of the melodic lines of 'Bonie Tyler' in the 80s with a more muscular accompaniment. In short, this new 'Infinite & Divine' project is still a good surprise 2021 in the field of melodic hard-rock and 'Silver Lining' should appeal to all fans of this style... | |
