ALLHAZERED – ST (2012)
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ALLHAZERED hails from Germany with their self-titled debut containing a bag of retro Hard Rock sounds influenced by the greats (read Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath) with a dash of more contemporary bands.
New tags or genres invented lately to sell music put them into the ‘stoner rock’ slot but they simply play vintage bluesy-rock driven by potent riffs and melodies.
From the first note you’ll be transported to those typical seventies live studio recordings with airy reverbered drums, deep bass lines and valvular-amp guitars, and to be honest, these guys have managed to capture the vital vibe of the seminal Rock ‘n Roll.
Since opener “All In Vain” AllHazeRed start with their brand of bluesy hard rock and they don’t stop the whole record through. And they play it the good way which means on a progressive scale and mixed with different colors which is much better than repeat the same old things over and over again.
Good rockers like the hot “Do Or Die”, “Down” and “Into the Sun” are interspersed with interesting slow numbers akin Zepp IV as “Throu’ with You” and “Al’Hazred” adding some different percussions into the mix.
“Come Alive” starts with acoustic guitars but a few moments later the pace grows, the overdrive explodes and this song turns out to be a flourish Hard Rock track with a great solo and an oriental outro.
“Summer Kiss” is quite balladesque and nearly sentimentally and because of that the record becomes more loosened and more fun to listen to.
There’s quite variation on songs like “What I Know” where the bands looks for more modern influences recalling earlier Soundgarden, but this, at the same time, means recalling Black Sabbath.
In the end “No Regrets” bursts out of the speakers again and vocalist Zeb shows how adequately his pipes fits in this type of music. Those riffs were invented for this kind of voices.
AllHazeRed has delivered a very solid piece of retro Hard Rock with enough variation and musicality to be considered more than ‘another band’ doing the same old-fashioned thing again.
Despite their German origin they sound truly British in all aspects, from songwriting and musicianship to attitude and vibe. Production is very good catching the spirit of an era when the premise was simply plug-in your guitar and rock openly.
Really good debut.
01 – All In Vain
02 – Come Alive
03 – Chosen Few
04 – Do Or Die
05 – Al’Hazred
06 – What I Know
07 – Down
08 – Summer Kiss
09 – Into the Sun
10 – Throu’ with You
11 – Lie to Me
12 – No Regrets
Seb – Vocals, Guitar
Kim – Lead Guitar
Toms – Bass
Manu – Drums
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www.amazon.com/AllHazeRed/dp/B00ADWVER8
