ANGELINE – Shadowlands (2018)

Swedes ANGELINE are back with a new album titled “Shadowlands”, containing 11 classic inspired Melodic Rock / AOR songs with some twists here and there; sometimes they are pretty AOR, sometimes a little heavier, but always melodic.

The band has been together for many years, and you can feel they honed their style, and sounds tight and confident. Melody is King (or Queen if you prefer) on “Shadowlands”, and it showcases since opener “I Wanna Know”, a high-octane catchy rocker.

It’s followed by “Slow Down”, another strong track with some fine guitar work and a bluesy melodic vocal line. ‘Live Life (like you mean it)’ is poppy, commercial melodic rock, sweet to the ears, while “Higher Than Love” adds the AOR factor for catchiness.

There’s a joyful mid-paced rhythm – almost a ballad – in ‘Believe’, and classic Euro melodic rock waves all over I’m ‘Here for You’ with a bit of 2000’s Def Leppard on it. ‘Enemy Within’ injects some hard rock pulse to the proceedings, followed by the catchy ‘Better Than The Real Thing’.

“Nobody’s Perfect” is one of my favourite tracks on the album. It somehow manages to combine melodic rock with power pop from the Scandinavian factory, while with closer ‘The Devil You Know’ we get a bit of blues-tinged hard rock as if Angeline were a rock band from US and not Ljusdal in the deep forests of Sweden.

Taking influences from all eras Melodic Rock, some AOR and a bit of Hard, “Shadowlands” is a complete showcase of what Angeline is al about. Eleven enjoyable tunes with clean vocals and cool guitar riffs, nice melodies and fine production.
Highly Recommended

01. I wanna know
02. Slow down
03. Live life (like you mean it)
04. Higher than love
05. Believe
06. I’m here for you
07. Enemy within’
08. Better than the real thing
09. Don’t know what you’ve got
10. Nobody’s perfect
11. The Devil you know

Jocke Nilsson – Vocals, Guitar
Janne Arkegren – Guitar
Tobbe Jonson – Drums
Uffe Nilsson – Bass

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