REVIVAL BLACK – Step In Line (2019)
REVIVAL BLACK are a classic sounding hard rock band, striking out of the cultural heartland that is Liverpool, England. Their just released debut album “Step In Line” showcases ten thunderous melodic and riff heavy tracks where one can feel the band had a lot of fun making it.
There’s natural chemistry here that you can’t invent in post-production or the editing suite. Over and above what you hear with the individual tracks, there is a unifying essence that breathes life, urgency and power into what you hear. It’s this essence that gives the album a clear character and will hook you on a first listen.
With their own brand of honest rock n’ roll drawing upon the classic sound of the 70’s with a strong foothold in the modern day, Revival Black have firmly planted themselves within The New Wave of British Classic Rock.
Since opener “Wide Awake” – plenty of the ingredients that made those Guns N’ Roses stadium rockers so great and timeless – is a perfect indication that the album would be guitar driven and adrenaline filled.
Singer Dan Byrne amplifies the emotion in each track through his wide vocal range and solid delivery especially on the bluesy “Midnight Oil”, a highlight. The mood on this track is arresting, the intensity is gripping and it naturally builds. It’s a song where the tone, mood and emotion all align giving a real assault on the senses.
Another favorite is closer title track “Step in Line’, a great rallying anthem – capturing the rock n’ roll spirit of enduring, protesting and standing together as a community.
Revival Black’s “Step In Line”really is a shining case study on the importance of how an album is made – rather than the critical merits of individually produced singles. This is an ‘album’, to be listened to from start to to finish. It was recorded with the band wanting to capture their live sound. What results is muscular and primal, yet very clean and powerful.
Highly Recommended
01 – Wide Awake
02 – So Alive
03 – Give You the World
04 – No Secrets, No Lies
05 – Midnight Oil
06 – All I Wanna Do
07 – Hold Me Down
08 – Silverline
09 – The River
10 – Step in Line
Dan Byrne – Lead Vocals
Alan Rimmer – Guitar
Adam Kerbache – Guitar / Backing Vocals
Jamie Hayward – Bass / Backing Vocals
Ash Janes – Drums / Backing Vocals
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www.amazon.co.uk/Step-Line-Revival-Black/dp/B07X7YNY54
