POISONHEART – Till The Morning Light (2017)
Despite of being founded in the second half of 2000’s, “Till The Morning Light” is POISONHEART debut album to be released tomorrow Oct. 27. Started as a cover band and with several line-up changes over the years, finally this Italian 4-piece hit the studio to record their own classic Hard Rock songs resulting in “Till The Morning Light”.
It takes one spin of their full-length debut here to confirm the Poisonheart’s experience and all the gigs over their shoulders.
Starting from the album cover artwork with an ’80s style, there’s obvious influences in their music such as Kiss, Lynch Mob and W.A.S.P. Add in the living legend that is Alice Cooper and you have a nice starting point of reference when it comes to this dark hard rock and slightly-edgy recording.
Of the ten tracks on Poisonheart’s debut, “Anymore” was the first number that I heard and it makes for a strong single. While it remains my personal favorite of the bunch there really isn’t a bad track to be found on “Till The Morning Light”. That says a lot about the talent of this hard rock outfit.
Opener ‘(You Make Me) Rock Hard’ is one of the more commercial tunes here, and later ‘Lovehouse’ as well, with a little sleazy touch and Twisted Sister approved riffs.
‘Shadows Fall’ and ‘Under My Wings’ brings to mind an ’80s slash-movie soundtrack perhaps due to Fabio Perini’s low register, something you gotta get accustomed to.
‘Baby Strange’ add acoustics and go for a Californian sound, and ‘Pretty in Black’ has a bit of early WASP but very accessible.
“Till The Morning Light” shows off the skills of this interesting four-piece band that went from playing covers to performing original material. There’s some really good – or at least original – arrangements and while production could be better, Poisonheart has lot of potential
It will be really interesting to see where these guys go from here. Their brand of classic hard rock is pretty unique; low tuned vocals, quite dark lyrics and an overall ’80s feel, all mixed together.
And I like it.
01 – (You Make Me) Rock Hard
02 – Flames & Fire
03 – Anymore
04 – Lovehouse
05 – Shadows Fall
06 – Baby Strange
07 – Under My Wings
08 – Out for Blood
09 – Hellectric Loveshock
10 – Pretty in Black
Fabio Perini: Lead Vocals, Guitar
Giuseppe Bertoli: Bass, Backing Vocals
Andrea Gusmeri: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Francesco Verrone: Drums, Backing Vocals
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