SAINTS TRADE – Time To Be Heroes (2019)
SAINTS TRADE was born in Bologna, Italy in 2009 with a great will to play music and a sheer passion for glorious classic Hard Rock bands. In March 2019 Saints Trade, now a three piece formed by Santi Libra (Vocals), Claus (Guitar) and Andrea Sangermano (Bass), joined producer / engineer Roberto Priori in his studio to record their new album, with the band ready to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
Titled “Time To Be Heroes”, the 11 track album rock with melody, driven riffs and soaring choruses.
The melodic rock / AOR music of Saints Trade certainly live up to their good-time / feel-good moniker. Across nearly an hour, they showcase here just why this sound is alive and well in 2019.
Upbeat and bouncy, the sing-long start of ‘Livin’ to Rock’ sets the mood perfectly. The chorus is fun as hell and most people won’t be able to stop the smile spreading across their faces.
With a bit more snark, ‘Night Children’ has a more groovy flavour, the guitars kicking into high gear but the band not losing the catchiness that defines a lot of this album.
Catchiness that reaches peak wonder with the glorious ‘Destiny’. The chorus is just wonderful and it’s a struggle to not sing along regardless of where you are!
More hard rockin’ riffs greet on ‘Higher’, alongside nice deep bass and a classic 80s shine before we get an emotive and sweet rock ballad in the form of ‘Two As One’. Another powerful performance from a band capable of producing one strong performance after another.
The punchy ‘Queen of Love’, the driving ‘Born Hunter’ and ‘Hills of Sarajevo’ have plenty of kick ass groove to re-energise the body. The latter as catchy as anything else heard so far on the album.
‘Twist in the Tail’ has some of the modern wave of Scandi melodic hard on it, then ‘Middle Of Nowhere’ returns to midtempo uplifting melodic rock, pretty atmospheric. The chorus, later backed up by a children choir, is very cool and it’s a fitting closer to a modern Melodic Rock / AOR album.
Highly Recommended
01 – Livin’ To Rock
02 – Night Children
03 – Destiny
04 – Higher
05 – Two As One
06 – Queen Of Love
07 – Born Hunter (Not The Prey)
08 – Hills Of Sarajevo
09 – Twist In The Tail
10 – The Rose
11 – Middle Of Nowhere
Santi Libra: Vocals
Claus: Guitars
Andrea Sangermano: Bass
Special Guests:
Eleonora Mazzotti: Vocals
Roberto Priori: Guitar Solo
Pier Mazzini: Keyboards
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