After 'Real World' in 2018 and 'Open Wide' in 2019, 'Nitrate' is releasing its third studio record 'Renegade' with once again a complete line-up change as, around founder and bassist 'Nick Hogg', it is now 'Alexander Strandell' ('Crowne' and 'Art Nation') who officiates as vocalist, twins Tom and James Martin ('Vega') come respectively to take the place of rhythm guitarist and keyboardist, the lead guitarist is now 'Dario Nikzad' and the drummer 'Mikey Wilson', with 'Alessandro Del Vecchio' coming to complete this beautiful lineup of artists as a keyboardist and as a deluxe chorus. No surprise, we find on this new opus the melodic rock that we knew with the first two offerings of 'Nick Hogg' and the 11 tracks pass by with memorable melodic lines and refrains that we all want to take back in chorus. From the beginning, with 'Danger Zone', we have a beautiful demonstration with this rhythmic composition that automatically starts the foot-tapping machine. The continuation continues with catchy melodies with the title track and then the addictive 'You Think You Got It' which reminds us of 'Def Leppard' and 'Big City Lights' with its keyboards which brings us back to the best of the 80s. After the beautiful ballad break 'Why Can't You Feel My Love' added in my ballad playlist here, it's back on again with tracks that could have all pretended in another era to be released as singles, the second break being brought by 'Lay Down Your Arms', between ballad and mid-tempo.
Bref, no surprise, 'Nick Hogg' continues to lead his project 'Nitrate' and it is not this latest opus 'Renegade' that can contradict me because it should undoubtedly make happy and turn in loop at the fans of rock and melodic hard rock... | |
