CELLAR STONE – Rise & Fall (2022)
In recent years, Greece has turned out to be a real treasure trove especially for classic rock bands, with very good exponents inspired by the 70s / 80s / 90s ranging from metal and hard rock to AOR. CELLAR STONE also come from Greece and with their upcoming new album “Rise & Fall” they establish themselves into the international scene as a quality act.
“Rise & Fall” is classic hard / melodic metal with a groovy modern sound, according to the band their style is influenced from Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, UFO, to Iron Maiden and Metallica. I can see why CELLAR STONE has been chosen as opener act for UFO on their special farewell dates on July and October.
This quartet delivers a bluesy-based heavy rock/metal cocktail that contains the right balance of strong hooks, memorable songs, and versatility track to track to stack well against many of the bigger bands in the genre. On top of that the frontman of Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, guests on the album with a fiery guitar solo on track “War We Can Win”.