Category: EPIC

In our opinion there’s only one thing wrong with Canadian female fronted rockers EPIC – their band name. Perhaps for being too much similar to Epica, or seeing the cover art and title of their second album ‘Starlight‘ makes you think about modern sympho metal.
Instead, what you get here is 10 tracks of awesome ’80s inspired Melodic Hard Rock…
Fans of HEART, SARAYA or DANTE FOX definitely will cry tears of joy when listening to amazing songs like “Can’t Get Over You“, “Crazy“ or “My Way Or The Highway“. Singer Tanya Rizkali offers that emotional and powerful voice which will give you goosebumps all over, and the band features here new bass player Chris Childs (THUNDER, TYKETTO)…

Released worldwide by Escape Music, “Like A Phoenix” is the debut CD from EPIC, a quartet founded by Canadian songwriter / vocalist Tanya Rizkala and guitarist Mario Agostine some years ago with both musicians contributing their own songs, resulting in this 10-track record.
Don’t be fooled by their band name or the album artwork: at first glance, named EPIC, I was thinking of another female-fronted sympho / operatic act… not at all, “Like A Phoenix” delivers 10 punchy melodic hard rockin’ tracks inspired by the classic era yet with a modern sound.
‘Modern’ sound refers to the musicians set-up sound and playing: Mario Agostine is that kind of virtuoso axe-man with a style akin Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big) and Kee Marchello (ex Europe), Mike Ganime plays 6-string bass so it’s more like a ‘bass guitar’, and then Souheil Moukaddem adds nice percussion tricks to his precise drumming…