Year : 2013
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Russia
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 149 mb
Info:
The band was formed by Sergey Fedotov in 2009, originally called OLDSCHOOL.Under this moniker their first album 'Attraction' (2011) was released. Tracks from 'Attraction' hit the rotation of different radio stations in Russia and Europe.The single 'One Night' charted at first position on 'Radio Rocks' (St. Petersburg, Russia).In the end of 2012 the band decided to change its name to REDS'COOL and started working on the next album with producer Michael Wagener (Ozzy Osbourne, Extreme, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row and many more).'Bad Story', the second album, saw the light of day in August, 2013 through Music Buy Mail. The release was later followed by several European tours with REDS'COOL opening for Black Star RIders (ex-Thin Lizzy), Vain and famous UK band UFO.In 2014 the guys also took part in two major rock festivals such as Hard Rock Hell AOR festival (Wales) and Rock of Ages Open Air in Germany.In the end of 2014 REDS'COOL had finished working on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed album 'Bad Story'. The newest LP is entitled 'Press Hard' and was released on 28 august 2015 on SPV label.Reds'cool shared stage with:Whitesnake, U.F.O., ACCEPT, Kingdome Come, Black Star Riders, Gotthard, Glenn Hughes, Joe Lynn Turner, Doro, Royal Hunt, Kansas, Nazareth, Suzi Quatro, Black Trip, Marco Mendoza trio, W.A.S.P., T.N.T., 69 Eyes, Lordi, VAIN, Grave Digger, Lake of Tears, Gorky Park.
Album:
Sometimes, there are bands that really can astonish us all, even doing nothing new, just using the most basic aspects of their style, releasing cool works, and it’s the case for Russian REDS’COOL, from St. Petersburg, that comes with this charming work, “Bad Story”.Utilizing some aspects of the 70s, this quintet tries to breathe some fresh air on the style, and they got some pretty good results, with fine vocal work, guitars too catchy in riffs and solos with good harmonies, bass and drums weighting a lot with a work well done, and the keyboards do their work appearing only the necessary, but their strongest point is the chorus.Michael Wagener (who worked previously with names like DOKKEN, MOTLEY CRUE, ALICE COOPER, and others) produced, mixed and mastered the album, so you all can expect a clean and heavy sound coming.The guys really can impress a lot, even doing nothing really new, but they don’t fall in the style’s cliché as well, so, prepare to hear and sing at the second hearing their strong music, as the powerful “Bite” (some guitar riffs reminds old MERCYFUL FATE’s “Curse of Pharaohs” sometimes, and the vocals are pretty fine) and “Hey You” (a kickin’ ass Hard’n’Roll), “Love and Pain” (bringing to our minds something in the same vein of WHITESNAKE’s “1987”), “Feel You” (the bass and drums’ work is fine, along with guitar riffs), and the catchy “Upside Down”. But all tracks are really good, and these Russians have a lot of to offer to Metal music as a whole.A fine piece, indeed, but the better results are when the band really gets heavy.
Line Up:
Roman Troev - vocals
Sergey Fedotov - guitar
Ilya "LU" Smirnov - guitar
Alexander Kulikov - bass
Andrey Kruglov - drums
Rodion Farafontov - keyboards
Jack Benzin - sound engineer
All songs written by Reds'cool.
Recorded at SpaceX studio, Saint Petersburg, Russia by J. Benzin.
Overdubbed at Heyday studio, Wuppertal, Germany by M. Wagener,
Mixed and mastered at WireWorld studio, Nashville, USA by M. Wagener.
Tracklist:
01. Bite
02. Hey You
03. Confession
04. Love & Pain
05. Feel You
06. Upside Down
07. You Must Go
08. Fooling Myself
09. Bad Story
+ Video 'Bite' (Official Video)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
