Sun Red Sun - Sun Red Sun (1995) (Del Imaginario Discos Edition 2005)

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Sun Red Sun - Sun Red Sun (1995) (Del Imaginario Discos Edition 2005)

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Sun Red Sun - Sun Red Sun (1995) (Del Imaginario Discos Edition 2005)

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Year : 1995 (Del Imaginario Discos Edition 2005)
Style : Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 120 mb


Bio:

Sun Red Sun was an American heavy metal project created by guitarist Al B. Romano. It also featured several prominent musicians: vocalists Ray Gillen of Badlands and Black Sabbath, and John West of Artension and Royal Hunt; drummer Bobby Rondinelli of Rainbow; bassists Mike Starr of Alice in Chains and John McCoy of Gillan; and lead guitarist Chris Caffery of Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.Sun Red Sun was an It also featured several prominent musicians: vocalists Ray Gillen of Badlands and Black Sabbath, and John West of Artension and Royal Hunt; drummer Bobby Rondinelli of Rainbow; bassists Mike Starr of Alice in Chains and John McCoy of Gillan; and lead guitarist Chris Caffery of Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The band wasn't actually formed after the demise of Ray Gillen's project Badlands and Mike Starr's departure from Alice in Chains.According to Al Romano in the booklet of Lost Tracks, Sun Red Sun had existed since 1991 with him on vocals.Ray Gillen passed way in 1993 from complications of AIDS and their self-titled debut album was released posthumously just two years after he died.

Album:

The period spanning the early to mid 1990s will likely be best remembered as a desert-like graveyard of overlooked swansongs and otherwise ignored last-ditch offerings of the old ways, at least from the perspective of the heavy metal trustee. The proverbial well that was interest in the conventions of the 80s had all but run completely dry, and any oasis that laid in its wake would be missed by most of the famished and the thirsty, despite some auspicious attempts at incorporating the newer trends of the day into the older template. Nevertheless, in 1991 when a relatively unknown guitarist in Al Romano, being a hard rock protege of Mountain guitarist Leslie West, saw an opportunity to make his own way in the still present heavy metal world after a brief recording stint with ex-Ian Gillian bassist John McCoy that resulted in the Heavy Metal Cowboys album and a few waves made in the U.K. market. This early association with a number of big names in the hard rock world, combined with a natural ability to scout talent and self-produce, would pave the way for a project that flirted with greatness yet due to unforeseen circumstances, fell just shy of closing the deal.The resulting project in Sun Red Sun and its eponymous debut, which many mistake for a continuation of Ray Gillen's outfit Badlands due to his involvement and the name matching one of said project's songs, wouldn't full take shape until after Romano had a brief stint with former Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna's solo project. This exposure to one of thrash metal's Big 4 icons at a time when the style in question was transitioning into a slower, more groove-oriented character, would further hone his songwriting and playing style into a sort of hybrid expression that could be best described as a missing link between the rock-based 80s phenomenon of Motley Crue and Quiet Riot, and the darker world of 90s groove metal. Add into the mix ex-Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr, fresh off recording Dirt and now a free agent, the resulting mixture of 80s party metal and an almost grungy 90s hangover becomes all but the auditory equivalent of a speedball. Nevertheless, while the resulting synergy of clashing elements results in a heavier guitar sound and a darker overall feel, the scales tip a tad bit more in the 80s direction, due in no small part to drummer Bobby Rondinelli's nimble and often speedy drum work, and the array of vocal talent involved.Although a cohesive package in terms of both instrumentation and production quality, Sun Red Sun might easily be mistaken for a various artists compilation due to the presence of three very different lead vocalists being featured at various points. The central character is the soaring, Robert Plant-like pipes of Ray Gillen, who was originally meant to be the sole helmsman of this super group, yet due to his ongoing and soon to be lost battle with AIDS, only lends his talent to an EP's worth of material on here. The curious blend of his throw-back vocal style with a then modernized, deep and bordering on thrashing metallic riff assault provides a very effective foil to the then dominant grunge sound, sharing some degree of similarity with Alice In Chain's Facelift and even Soundgarden's Louder Than Love, yet leans back in more of a late 80s rock/metal direction when Romano's leads chime in. Of the four songs that feature this now fallen vocal icon, opener "Hard Life" and "Lock Me Up" kick up the tempo considerably and function fairly close to simplified outtakes from a follow up to Anthrax's Persistence Of Time that never materialized, while "Outrageous" creeps at a slower tempo and listens more like a droning grunge anthem.As previously noted, Gillen's inability to complete this album left Romano in a quandary as to how this project would be finalized, and his ultimate solution would be to handle some of the vocal duties himself and tap the man who ironically ended up replacing Gillen in Badlands for a spell following his departure in John West. Romano had originally mused over the idea of handling vocals for this project himself prior to bringing Gillen on board, and surprisingly enough, he manages to pull off a full blown impersonation of Vince Neil that is so convincing that one is tempted to question why he never started a Motley Crue tribute band. The two songs that he reserved for his own vocal talents are the most rock-based and guitar oriented offerings found on here, with "Big Misunderstanding" having a cruising speed character to it that occasionally sounds like a nod to Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song", while "Deadly Nightshade" sports a shred-happy Middle Eastern vibe that could almost pass for a Joe Satriani tune. The two song contribution of John West sadly functions as more of an afterthought, which is a shame given his gritty, powerful rendition of Roger Daltrey on steroids, but the thrashing heaviness of "Intoxication" and the chunky grooves of "Responsible" are well-realized and do play well to his more aggressive vocal approach.In retrospect, this album stands as a triumph against adversity in just about every respect imaginable, from the logistics of completing a work that suffered numerous setbacks during production to the ingrained hostility at the time towards a band mostly made up of 80s rock and metal stars putting out music that somewhat caters to present trends. Sadly, this album ultimately never saw the light of day until a year after the band had folded tent and two years after Ray Gillen's untimely death, which spelled doom for it as a commercial force. If there is any comparable album of note from the mid-90s that it could be compared to, it would be Dokken's comeback and stylistically compromised 1995 offering Dysfunctional, but said album ultimately lacked cohesion and didn't really deliver the hooks as well as this does. Moreover, what much of the last ditch efforts of the 90s would ultimately lack was a true classic of an anthem to give the days of old a proper send off, which this album ultimately delivers in "I Know A Place", a speed metal infused and catchy as hell masterpiece, and also the last thing that Ray Gillen would commit to recording. Though it is an album mired by a crisis of identity given the lack of a unifying vocal personality, this is one of those missing link albums that works extremely well within its hybrid niche and stands as one of the few things that metal heads and grunge fans might agree upon.

Line Up:

John West - vocals (Royal Hunt, Artension, Feinstein, Emir Hot, Cozy Powell, Destiny (US))
Al Romano - guitars, vocals (Dali Gaggers)
Mike Starr - bass (Alice in Chains)
Bobby Rondinelli - drums (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Riot, Quiet Riot, Scorpions, guest, Doro, Blue Öyster Cult, Warlock (Ger), The Lizards)
Ray Gillen - vocals (R.I.P. 1961-1993, AIDS related complications) (Black Sabbath, F-66, Rondinelli, Badlands)
Chris Caffery - guitars (guest) (Savatage, Metalium (Ger), Trans-Siberian Orchestra, John West, Doctor Butcher, guest for Circle II Circle, Eidolon and Big Mouth, Destiny (US))
John McCoy - bass (Mammoth (UK), Gillan)
Mike Sciotto - drums

Tracklist:

01. I Know A Place (4:21)
02. Hard Life (3:21)
03. Outrageous (3:13)
04. Lock Me Up (3:26)
05. Final Curtain (3:58)
06. Responsible (2:58)
07. Deadly Nightshade (4:54)
08. Big Misunderstanding (3:29)
09. Intoxication (2:16)
10. How Do You Like Those? (Four King Bananas Missus) (1:07) (Bonus Track)
11. Outrageous (Alternative Version) (3:28) (Bonus Track)

+ Video "Hard Life" (Official Video)


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