Artist : Sunstorm

Album : Afterlife

Release Date : 12-03-2021

Added : 14-04-2021

After nearly 12 years and 5 albums with 'Sunstorm' (including the very good 'The Road to Hell' dating from 2018), 'Joe Lynn Turner', the legendary singer (among others Rainbow and Deep Purple) gives way to a no less good singer, I named the Chilean 'Ronnie Romero' (having taken over the microphone with 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow' and also officiating with 'Lords Of Black' and the band of Japanese guitarist 'Nozomu Wakai', 'Destinia'), because 'Joe Lynn Turner' wanted to give another direction more muscular to this project which originally focused on AOR and this new album 'Afterlife' of 'Sunstorm' inducts 'Ronnie Romero' very comfortable in this style of had-rock.

And from the first eponymous track of the album, we embark on an energetic hard-rock with catchy melodic lines, then 'One Step Closer', which follows, very classic but super effective, also offers us a catchy chorus which never leaves you and as for 'Swan Song' (see video here ), we continue in a style that is strangely reminiscent of the 80s and the sounds of 'Rainbow' or 'Deep Purple' (see their latest album here), which we will find in several other compositions with 'Born Again', 'I Found a Way' or even 'A Story That You Can Tell' with quite characteristic guitar riffs. The other compositions are in a melodic AOR a little less muscular with the mid-tempo 'Stronger', the catchy 'Here for You Tonight' and 'Darkest Night', the power ballad 'Lost Forever' to add to the best hard-rock ballads not being forgotten. In short, even if they will not revolutionize melodic hard-rock, this last album of 'Sunstorm' is listened to with pleasure and reminds us of the best of hard-rock of the 70s/80s with a modern sound and a remarkable production, normal with 'Alessandro Del Vecchio' at the helm, which will allow 'Afterlife' to be appreciated by all melodic hard-rock fans...

Line Up / Musicians

Ronnie Romero (Vocal), Alessandro Del Vecchio (Keybords), Simone Mularoni (Guitar), Nik Mazzucconi (Bass), Michele Sanna (Drums)