Year : 2023
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 111 mb
Bio:
Formed by Nick Hogg..Influenced by 80s rock Danger Danger, Bon Jovi, motley Crüe,Def Leppard, Zinatra Guns n Roses.MelodicRock Records is truly excited to bring a brand-new, exciting melodic rock band to light, one that characterises everything many of us love about the 80s and about driving, melodic rock 'n' roll. Inspired by the late 80s rock scene with bands such as Def Leppard, Europe, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi and GNR, Nitrate is the brainchild of Nick Hogg (guitars/keyboards) who after playing in a few bands in the early 00s decided after a long absence from the music scene to get back into songwriting again. Needing help, Nick enlisted songwriter/musician Rob Wylde (Midnite City, Tigertailz, Teenage Casket Company) who was back living in Nottingham from the US and had the same musical influences. Rob was able to structure & produce the songs, sing on the demos whilst playing drums, bass and guitar, whilst Nick also played guitar and keyboards. A year on and with over an album's worth of material, a record contract was signed with MelodicRock Records. With Rob Wylde about to launch Midnite City, the hunt went on for a suitable vocalist to allow Rob the opportunity to focus on launching his new band. Andrew McNeice suggested a few vocalists and was keen to use an authentic 80s singer, so Nick took the opportunity to contact Joss Mennen (Zinatra, Mennen) and asked if he would be interested in singing lead vocals on the album (Zinatra's "Great Escape" being one of Nick's favourite albums). To complete the line-up, taking over mixing & drums and adding backing vocals to the album is Pete Newdeck (Midnite City, Eden’s Curse, Blood Red Saints, Newman). After being mixed by Newdeck, the songs were sent to Harry Hess (Harem Scarem) who mastered them at his studio in Canada. Nitrate isn't a one-off project, album #2 is already written with the same Hogg/Wylde writing partnership and will be coming your way in 2019. And of course, for such a kick-ass album, we needed kick-ass artwork and Nello Del'Omo delivered big time!
Album:
Inspired by the late 80s melodic and hard rock scene with bands such as Def Leppard, Europe, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi and Guns N' Roses, Nitrate is the brainchild of Nick Hogg, a Nottingham based musician who, after playing in a few bands in the early 00s, decided to get into songwriting. He was absent from the scene for several years until, in 2015 he decided to give it another shot. Nick worked on Nitrate's debut album with that other songwriter/musician from Nottingham, Rob Wylde, with whom he shared the same musical influences. The two of them managed to put together the band's debut album "Real World", which also featured former Zinatra vocalist Joss Mennen. Hailed by many fans and critics as a breath of fresh air for the MR/AOR community, it sported a battery of arena-ready songs that took the listener back to a time when Def Leppard ruled the airwaves. The band's momentum continued with 2019's "Open Wide", which featured new guitarist and singer Philip Lindstrand and brought a harder hitting cutting edge to Nitrate. With a tighter songwriting, it rocked harder and there were vast improvements in the production department. "Open Wide" was a homage to Hogg's influences: an amalgam of the best that MTV had to offer in the late 80s. Oddly, the quick evolution between the release of "Real World" and "Open Wide" was not touched by the line-up changes that happened between the two records. Nick Hogg is the Nitrate mastermind and he assembled again a fine cast for the follow-up album entitled "Renegade". This time Alexander Strandell (Art Nation, Crowne) handled the vocal duties, with Dario Nikzad on lead guitars, while the brothers Tom and James Martin (ex-Vega) appeared on rhythm guitars and keyboards respectively and Mikey Wilson on drums.The new record "Feel The Heat" continues where "Renegade" left off, mixing all Hogg's influences from AOR and arena rock from the 80s, such as Bon Jovi, Journey, Bad English and Def Leppard ("Pyromania"/"Hysteria" era). Again Hogg teams up with Tom and James Martin, who co-wrote almost the entire album together with Nick Hogg and Robert Hodson. Strandell is once again handling the vocals showing why he is one of the most in demand singers of the entire international scene. A true belter of an album that sits firm among the elite of the genre!
Line Up:
Alexander Strandell - vocals
Tom Martin - guitar
Richard Jacques - guitar
Nick Hogg - bass
Alex Cooper - drums
James Martin - keyboards
Tracklist:
01. Feel The Heat
02. All The Right Moves
03. Wild In The City
04. Needs A Little Love
05. One Kiss (To Save My Heart) (ft. Issa)
06. Live Fast, Die Young
07. Haven't Got Time For Heartache
08. Satellite
09. Strike Like A Hurricane
10. Big Time
11. Stay
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