Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 111 mb
Bio:
Deraps is a young guitar driven rock n' roll band from UK, reminiscing of the 80's.Deraps, one of the most promising young bands in the world, is now part of the Metalville family.Deraps is a young, up and coming rock n' roll band, composed of Canadian guitarist / lead singer Jacob Deraps, Canadian bassist William Lachance, and Australian drummer Josh Gallagher. This new band is a breath of fresh air for the music industry, with a sound, a vibe and a style that is completely unique from today's standards. While Deraps is very serious about their music, their technical abilities and their performances, they capture the true sound and essence of high-energy rock n' roll. Deraps' music will blow your mind and provide you with the time of your life at once, taking you right back to California's Sunset Strip in the late 70's, when a new generation of bands exploded onto the global scene, led by the mighty Van Halen, a towering influence on this band.With Jacob's amazing guitar playing making waves worldwide on YouTube, he has been featured nineteen times on the Van Halen News Desk website, without an album or label. In 2016, Jacob was awarded the "Dweezil and Frank Zappa Fellowship Award" and was therefore invited to perfect his craft under the tutelage of Dweezil Zappa, at the 2017 Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop & Festival, in Bigfork, Montana, which in his words was: ‘’A life-changing and fantastic experience… Dweezil is a great human being and a true guitar master’’.Jacob then subsequently found the members of his trio: Australian drummer and YouTube phenom Josh Gallagher, and long-time friend William Lachance on bass. This year, the band's first independent single ''Sex, Drugs & Rock N' Roll'' was the Classic Rock Magazine ( U.K. ) song of the week, on March 23 2020, and now, Deraps have signed a worldwide deal with Metalville. ''I'm super thrilled to be officially signed worldwide with Metalville and I can't wait to release our first album. I wanna thank Holger & Thomas for this great opportunity, I'm very proud of our partnership. The label believes in us, and we believe in them, and therefore great things will be accomplished together in the near future, I'm ready and looking forward to it.'' says Jacob.Deraps is currently in the studio working on their first album, a collection of hook-laden, explosive, guitar-driven hard-rocking songs.
Album:
Almost three years ago Canadian based power trio DERAPS, hailing from Quebec (although drummer Josh Gallagher is Australian and lives in Perth) pleased us with their debut LP. Deraps was formed around singer/guitarist Jacob Deraps and had in William Lachance their bass player. Their self-produced record showed us a band that lives and breathes Van Halen in the line-up of Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and David Lee Roth. Jacob and Josh met through their love for this iconic band.The first album, simple called ‘Deraps’ was a sort of a tribute to the vintage Van Halen sound and style. Although the originality was lacking a bit, the playing and especially the guitar acrobatics of Jacob were very impressive. A strong debut, it only lacked a bit of a finishing touch on the production side, due to (most likely) having a small recording budget.On their second album Deraps has made a significant progress. Recorded only by Josh and Jacob (who also provided the strong bass lines) it is not that their love for Van Halen has just vanished. Far from. ‘Viva Rock N’ Roll’ continues in the same old high energy classic rock style. The main progress has been booked on the production side.The album kicks harder, has more punch, tongue-in-cheek lyrics and especially the first half of the record contains high energy hard rock and roll with blistering guitar work and a certain attitude that does make you think of Van Halen in the period 1978-1984. The typical elements and the open song constructions plus the layered choruses bring back fond memories.Why should these boys not pay tribute in their own way? With the passing of Eddie Van Halen, it is evident that the Van Halen-era has come to an end. So, there is room for a relative, new, and young group to fill in the gap.Not that I am saying the Deraps will ever grow to the heights that Van Halen reached but it is good that the spirit of the Van Halen brothers is not only continued by Wolfgang Van Halen with his Mammoth project, but also by two talented lads from Canada and Australia.The first part of ‘Viva Rock N’ Roll’ is very vintage classic rock with the album-title track as most impressive song. Also, the short instrumental ‘Equinox’ plus ‘Solitaire’ (listen to the riff and the choirs) are top-notch.‘Animal Eyes’ is very tasteful with the exotic drum intro and juicy bass line, it’s got an infectious hook, and the guitar riff is chef’s kiss. ‘Last Fall’ is where the band drops melodic hard rock at its best. It’s got a warm, Autumn vibe, which fits perfectly with the song title, and the backing vocals are icing on the cake.Another very good rocker is the closing track, “Black Sheep Boogie,” and they boogie hard indeed. It’s a lot of fun, and the lyrics are clever. Some fun songs are terrible, but when the songwriting is there, fun songs can be real bangers. Just ask AC/DC!As the album progresses Deraps varies the sound a bit looking vor variation with tracks such as ‘Setting Sun’ (nice acoustic intro) and ‘Blindside’. As stated earlier, the production has improved, and the vocals have won a lot of ground (with ‘Blindside’ as most prominent example).‘Viva Rock N’ Roll’ is an album that put a big smile to your face. It’s fun, as rock n’ roll should be.Deraps is a band that does not hide their big inspiration but they also try to widen their musical horizons on this new album. It will be interesting to see how these lads will musically develop themselves in the coming years.Fans who are longing for that old fashioned classic rock that Van Halen use to bring, should check this band out. They will get their fill and then some more. Cool album!
Line-Up:
Jacob Deraps – guitars, lead vocals, and bass guitar
William Lachance - bass
Josh Gallagher – drums and backing vocals
Tracklist:
01. Viva Rock N’ Roll
02. Animal Eyes
03. The Legend of Larrikin Laddie
04. Equinox
05. Last Fall
06. Solitaire
07. Setting Sun
08. Born To Die
09. Blindside
10. The Dawg Stomp
11. Black Sheep Boogie
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