Year : 2021
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 139 mb
Bio:
Starmen was formed in 2018 and was from the beginning just a fun idea, to make a record to all the heroes from the 70’s and 80’s classic rock-scene. Part of the tribute to the old rock icons was to create a grand gimmick around the band, were each member has their own color and wears a makeup-star on their face.Debut album Welcome to my World and the second album Kiss the Sky released by Melodic Passion Records in 2020, and distributed by Sound Pollution Distribution, were both big surprises for many diehard rockfans, and the rockmedia was taken by storm. Both albums received brilliant reviews, which of course inspired them to create more music.Starmen make original music with a great passion. After the two first albums, the band has cemented their position in the rock world and has found their own musical DNA.The third album “By the Grace of Rock’n’Roll” will be released February 26th in Japan, and March 12th in the rest of the world.
Album:
Studio album #3.Produced by Kristian Hermanson.All songs written by Kristian Hermanson, except for “Shining Star”, written by Kristian Hermanson & Andreas Lindgren and “Kisses Of An Enemy”, written by Jonatan Samuelsson.Recorded by Kristian Hermanson at Razor Point Studio.Mixed by Kristian Hermanson.Starmen came out of nowhere last year, kicking and punching releasing two superb (yes two!) albums, ‘Welcome To My World‘ and ‘Kiss The Sky‘.Not content in letting the dust settle for one minute more than necessary, the band are back with their third album ‘By The Grace Of Rock’N’Roll‘, which will be released by Melodic Passion Records on March 12th 2021.Taking over main vocal duties on this third outing and taking up the mantle of Starman Gold is bassist Jonatan Samuelsson, known to some of you from his work with Narnia. He doesn’t get to do all the work mind as all members participate as lead singers, something that was the goal for the band from the start.From the opening bars of ‘Shining Star‘ your on familiar Starmen territory, with that unmistakable Scandi rock sound and excellent production, giving you a larger than life soundscape.The influences come to afor with the likes of ‘Black Thunder, White Lightning‘ Pleasuredome‘ and ‘Hotter Than Fire‘, which have an underlying element of British hard rock from the 80’s but with added ‘foot tappage’.Tracks like ‘Kisses Of An Enemy‘ and ‘Angels Crying‘ are 100% Scandi rock that will sound so familiar to a lot of you.The band clearly show that the tricky third album is in fact not tricky at all and ‘By The Grace Of Rock’N’Roll‘ will delight and entertain not only existing fans but also those stumbling upon the band for the first time,This is another superb release from the Starmen and deserves, no, needs to be on your purchase list!
Line Up:
Starmen Red (Kristian Hermanson): Lead vocals, rhythm guitar - Kristian has previously appeared in bands like Cleopatra, Friends and The Poodles.
Starmen Purple (Andreas Lindgren): Lead guitar, vocals - Andreas is a true guitar-hero like the old guitar-heroes Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmore among others. Andreas has his own band Requiem.
Starmen Silver (Marcus Sjöblom): Drums, vocals - Marcus has previously played in groups like Cleopatra, Unzip and is currently active in Stolen Mondays.
Starmen Gold (Jonatan Samuelsson): Bass, vocals - Jonatan is currently active in Narnia.
Tracklist:
01. Shining Star
02. By The Grace Of Rock ’n’ Roll
03. Kairi
04. Black Thunder White Lightning
05. Kisses Of An Enemy
06. Pleasuredome
07. Spaceplane
08. People’s Parade
09. Bad Habit
10. Hotter Than Fire
11. Angels Cryin’ (Bonus Track)
12. Shining Star (Bonus Track)
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