Boguslaw Balcerak’s CRYLORD (Mark Boals lead vocals) – Lost Bloody Heroes (2025) *HQ*
In 1989 Polish guitarist Boguslaw Balcerak saw Yngwie J. Malmsteen play for the first time. It got him intrigued and it changed his guitar playing. From there Boguslaw evolved and developed his own playing style. In 2008 he started his own band – Boguslaw Balcerak’s CRYLORD – and has since released 5 albums under that name, making this one released today, “Lost Bloody Heroes”, number 6.
Having always worked with various singers on the albums (Carsten “Lizard” Schulz, Rick Altzi, Ricky Wychowaniec, David Akesson and Tim “Ripper” Owens to name a few), on previous album ‘Endless Life’, Göran Edman provided all the vocals.
On this new release “Lost Bloody Heroes” Boguslaw is joined exclusively by the great Mark Boals, whom he has worked with before. Together with drummer Rob Wroblewski, they deliver 12 songs in a classic Crylord style. A healthy dose of neo-classical metal, traditional hard rock, and a hint of progressive. But guitar mastery and stellar vocals are a given!
Combined with the intriguing artwork from lyricist Artur Milon, the album forms a worthy successor to the successful previous Boguslaw Balcerak’s CRYLORD records and puts the band at the top of this sub-genre… on “Lost Bloody Heroes” the band sounds more Yngwie 1986 than Yngwie himself!
While guitar prowess is of course emphasized, the album features really well-written songs – do you think neo-classical metal / hard rock is outdated 2025? Rainbow is outdated to you? Nah, if well done, this genre is fantastic.
And Balcerak makes justice to it with songs like the awesome hard rockin’ ‘Born to Rock’, ‘Inside of the Hell’, the catchy ‘Hold On’, ‘New Horizon’, tracks to praise for their inspiration beyond mere technical displays.
And if the previous CD ‘Endless Life’ was terrific (featured hare at 0dayrox) with Goran Edman at the mic, this new one is even better, as the songs are catchier and Boal’s power-pipes fit the music to perfection.
HIGHLY Recommended
01 – Night Sky Glooms
02 – Final Hour
03 – Born to Rock
04 – Inside of the Hell
05 – Unchain My Dream
06 – Lost Bloody Heroes
07 – Hold On
08 – Saracen
09 – New Horizon
10 – Hammer of the Gods
11 – Voodoo Night
12 – Worlds Away
Mark Boals – lead and backing vocals
Bogusław Balcerak – guitars, bass, keyboards
Rob Wroblewski – drums
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