VOODOO CIRCLE – More Than One Way Home [LTD Edition Digipak +2]

VOODOO CIRCLE is the vehicle for guitar player Alex Beyrodt (Primal Fear) to thresh his passion for ’80s Classic Hard Rock. Backed by Pink Cream 69 front man David Readman, “More Than One Way Home” is the third release from Voodoo Circle, a quality collection of songs that mostly sounds like a long lost Whitesnake album from the late Eighties.
This Limited Edition Digipak includes 2 very good bonus tracks.

Just taking a look at some of the song titles here: evokes more than a passing resemblance to Whitesnake and that’s before we even get to the music.
“Tears In The Rain”, “Heart Of Babylon”, “The Saint and the Sinner”, “Victim Of Love”… and the similarity certainly doesn’t end there.

Take your pick from any of those above tracks, from the pounding slow blues of “Tears In the Rain” to the heavier riffing of “Heart Of Babylon”, as well as the likes of “Cry For Love” and title track “More than One Way Home” and, coupled with the fact that David Readman sounds more like David Coverdale than the man himself can manage these days, you have a pure Whitesnake-like album here.

Opening cut “Graveyard City” and “Bane Of My Existence” both have crunchy hard rockn’ riffing that introduces a flavour of Dio into the mix, albeit still with that Whitesnake influence.
Elsewhere, “The Ghost In Your Heart” does have a bit of Blackmore / Purple vibe to it, but once again it’s the ’80 incarnation circa ‘Perfect Strangers’ that springs to mind, and in fact sections of this sound dangerously close to that album’s title track.

Finally, “Open Your Eyes” and one of the bonuses in this Limited Edition called “Castles Burn” rock out properly with the vibe of classic Rainbow, while the other bonus “Shape Of Things To Come” recalls Black Sabbath Tony Martin era.

As you can see, “More Than One Way Home” is absolutely influenced by British ’80s Classic Hard Rock, and that’s a good thing in my book, even more when it’s delivered with this outstanding quality by these seasoned musicians. The album is finely produced and expertly performed by the talented Alex Beyrodt, David Readman and all the involved.
You can’t dislike any bit of “More Than One Way Home”, an album which does not pretend break any ground, just Rock in the traditional style with class.
HIGHLY Recommended

01. Graveyard City
02. Tears in the Rain
03. Heart of Babylon
04. Cry for Love
05. Alissa
06. The Ghost in your Heart
07. Bane of my Existence
08. More than one Way home
09. The Killer in you
10. The Saint and the Sinner
11. Victim of Love
12. Open Your Eyes
DIGIPAK BONUS TRACKS:
13. Shape Of Things To Come
14. Castles Burn

Alex Beyrodt (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) – Guitar
David Readman (PINK CREAM 69) – Vocals
Mat Sinner (SINNER, PRIMAL FEAR) – Bass
Markus Kullmann (DEZPERADOZ) – Drums
Zlatko Kresic (LIQUID HOME) – Keyboards

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