When I saw the name of the band I was convinced that what we had here was going to be a Black metal outfit, but I soon changed my mind when I saw that the album cover had a picture of a small girl holding a cuddly toy. I mean, what self-respecting spawn of Satan would attack a teddy bear. What we have here is another Italian melodic hard rock/AOR album with some involvement from Alessandro Del Vecchio who as usual has ensured that there are enough name guests to really make this shine. Apparently the band started as long ago as 1999, but it took until 2011 for brothers Mike and Dave Zublena to really make their dream a reality. There have been plenty of other musicians in the band over the years, and a few demo albums, but this is officially the debut. However, having been looking at the band site it doesn’t appear to have been updated in any way for more than a year which does make one wonder what is happening with them at present.
But, on the basis of this recording they should have a bright future, as it is a solid melodic album with good hooks and strong vocals. The downside is that there is nothing unique, and it will take a great deal of plays for the songs to really stick as nothing really jumps out on the first few plays, but there is a lot of promise with this album and fans of the genre should definitely seek them out. It is possible to play some of the album from their website so if melodic rock is your thing then it may be worth checking out.
www.soulseller.it
