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After the reunion album Brother's Keeper in 2006 Fair Warning toured successfully in Japan and played some festivals. And now Fair Warning are back with Aura! The foursome delivers another album with high class melodic metal, but what makes them stick out is Tommy Heart's voice... his vocals. The opener is the up-tempo rocker Fighting For Your Love - and you believe Heart that he's fighting for someone's love! The next in line is Here Comes The Heartache, another up-tempo rocker, but this time much lighter... Not full of happiness, but without a sad note. With Hey Girl they slow down and offer a semi-acoustic ballad. Tommy Heart saves the song from becoming just another cheesy ballad. Btw, towards the end Helge Engelke adds a great, emotional solo. But talking about these guys' skills would be like carrying coals to Newcastle! After the mid-paced Falling they easy up again and present another balladesque tune - Holding On. This time with a melancholy touch. The guitar at Someday reminds me of some other tune... It's on the tip of my tongue... Anyway, then the song changes a bit, they add a symphonic touch and then go full force into this symphonic rocker. With Station To Station they come closer to the end... Well, the end of the regular edition. The digi-pack has Falling Reprise as a lead out. There is also another bonus track and a video clip - a Making Of...
The songs offer everything from balladesque ones to fast rockers, all well played, too. What I miss is a real ear catcher... A song, a hook which haunts you... But still a more then decent album and interesting for all their fans as well as fans of melodic metal.
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