MARTINA EDOFF – We Will Align (2017)

Swedish goddess MARTINA EDOFF already released two stupendous Melodic Rock / AOR albums and this 2017 she’s coming back with perhaps her stronger effort to date: “We Will Align“, to be released By AOR Heaven Records this September 22th.
Being produced by Jona Tee (H.E.A.T keyboard player) who also play all over the album, Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse) helping with songwriting, and mixed by the legendary Tobias Lindell, you know what to espect: bright Melodic Rock with punchy sound.

If you need more, Billy Sheehan (Mr Big, The Winery Dogs) also provided one song, while the rest of the musicians are the best to find and they are by her side in the studio as well on stage, including Nalle Påhlsson (Last Autumn’s Dream, Treat), Björn Höglund (The Summit), and Stefan Bergström (Skintrade, Alfonzetti).

“We Will Align” is a melodic hard rock album with a bluesy note along with powerful pieces and it goes back to the roots where Edoff has got her influences. The strong melodies are always there, such as her powerful voice.

The album starts impressively with with the kicking ‘Turn Our Pages’, a strong rocker full of adrenaline and Martina’s melodic power vocals.
More of this ‘edgy’ side can be heard in as well in ‘Set You Free’ and ‘Truth Came Knocking’. But with that last song you also feel the blues groove mixed in, even more so within the very catchy AOR fueled ‘I’m Invincible’.

For even more AOR arena-ready accessibility, there’s the uber catchy ‘Champions’, with another killer chorus.
A highlight in the form of a rock anthem arrives with ‘Face The Mirror’, which starts quietly and then rises strongly with large riffage and synth orchestration, all the time with Edoff soaring voice above.
Frankly, the whole album is pretty terrific, with no down side whatsoever.

Probably the best female-fronted melodic hard rock album you’ll hear this year; punchy, dynamic, highly melodic and with a stellar production.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

01. Turn our pages
02. Champions
03. Alive
04. We will align
05. Lay down your arms
06. Face the mirror
07. Set you free
08. I’m invincible
09. Truth came knocking
10. Brand new world

Martina Edoff – vocals
Stefan Bergström (Skintrade, Alfonzetti) – guitar
Jona Tee (H.E.A.T) – keyboards
Björn Höglund (The Summit) drums
Nalle Påhlsson (Last Autumn’s Dream, Treat) bass

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