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Dutch band Vengeance was founded by Leon Goewie 30 years ago, no surprise they have been through highs and lows. Nowadays Vengeance is Leon Goewie who hooked up with drummer Chris Slade, bassist Chris Glen and guitarist Keri Kelli. The songs were written by Goewie and producer Michael Voss who also added some guitar lines. Former guitarist Arjen Lucassen co-wrote the title track, while ex-Vengeance guitarist Jan Somers was involved in the artwork and Jan's son, Delain guitarist Timo Somers, plays on the album.
They kick off with the heavy rocker Me And You, quite like their 80's stuff incl. a dash of sleaze and big backings. Musically the Dutch singer and his gang present 80's influenced hard rock tunes and some heavy rockers like Bad To The Bone which have a dash of AC/DC-like boogie embedded. One of my faves is Five Knuckle Shuffle, a catchy, guitar-driven tune. Especially the guitar play is winning me over. Whole Lotta Metal is written by Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath) and is tailor-made for the Dutch singer. The powerful ballad Promise Me can't hook me up, even if it's well done. Another slow tune is Missing and this time they can hook me up. Even if I can imagine a more basic version to be even more emotional... Anyway, after this one you only get a short outro called Jans End Piece, a short guitar-based instrumental.
The limited digipack has 2 bonus tracks, Barbeque in a radio edit and Paint This Town, but that's all I can tell you, coz I just have the regular edition for reviewing.
Vengeance started when vinyl was still the medium and this album would fit a vinyl LP. But that's fine, coz it's an entertaining piece of music which you can enjoy every time you listening to.
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