SIGGI SCHWARZ – The Fire Inside (2021)
German SIGGI SCHWARZ is another of those tremendous guitarists who, upon first hearing his name, most people answer with a simple, who? However, Schwarz is a respectable guitarist and has worked over the years, either in the studio or on stage, with some greats like Michael Schenker, Steve Lukather (Toto), Bernie Marsden, Leslie West (Mountain), Billy Gibbons, etc.
Anyone expecting a typical Germanic metal guitar fest on Schwarz new album “The Fire Inside” will be surprised by the fifteen hard but melodic rock songs on this album that screams American influences.
Much of this is down to New York singer and US Army Veteran, Dave Schaefer, and his Native American roots (he is Cherokee, how cool is that?) are perfectly expressed on the opening track which starts almost with tribal chants before kicking into straight forward melodic rock and roll.
