WIRED FOR MONO ‘A CALLING FROM ANOTHER STATION: RADIO INTERRUPT’ (FEEDBACK BOOGIE RECORDS/SONIC RENDEZVOUS)

It looks and also sounds like we have stepped into a time machine to the year 1966 or something when this kind of electricified guitar orientated Garage Rock was very famous throughout Europe (and actually the rest of the world), with many bands in especially the UK beginning to record music. It was all started of course a few years earlier by STONES, BEATLES, WHO… but the next generation was sounding even heavier and rawer. Well, the Swedish band WIRED FOR MONO could have been one of those bands. This new band sounds like 40 years ago, without sounding dated, as their Rock and Roll sounds really up to date, even better than the new THE WHO record. This is Rock and Roll the way it sounded in the first place and although bands like JET and KAISER CHIEFS are very popular, I really think this WIRED FOR MONO is even better in producing a Classic Rock and Roll sound. Check it out for yourself at: http://www.wiredformono.com 

(Points: 8.6 out of 10)

HAMMERHEART ‘DREAMWORKS’ (RIDE PRODUCTION)

The band HAMMERHEART from Slovakia makes a comeback with their new CD ‘Dreamworks’, which musically is pure 1980s MAIDEN influenced Melodic Metal. It sounds also a lot like WOLF and DOMINE on their early albums, so be prepared that it needs some more power and better production to make it sound as good as those 2 bands, but nevertheless HAMMERHEART is getting better and better. The twin-guitarsound is very well and the back-to-back NWOBHM sound is very impressive at times, especially during songs like “Back from serenity”, “The last twilight’ and “The revival”. More info at: www.hammerheart.sk 

(Points: 8.1 out of 10)

(All reviews by Gabor Kleinbloesem)