┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Vandenberg - 2020 + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Rls Date..2020-08-03 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │ │║ Genre.....Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year......2020 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........10 ║ │ │║ Source....CD Covers.......Yes ║ │ │║ Url..http://www.vandenbergband.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Vandenberg ║ │ │║ Album : 2020 ║ │ │║ Label : Mascot Records ║ │ │║ Cat.No : M76175 ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Vandenberg return with new studio album after 35 years. The ║ │ │║ line-up includes bassit Randy Van Der Elsen (TANK), drummer ║ │ │║ Koen Herfst (BOBBY KIMBALL, EPICA, DORO) and Ronnie Romero ║ │ │║ (Rainbow) as vocalist ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Adrian Vandenberg after 35 years since his last studio ║ │ │║ album as VANDENBERG, returns again with "2020". A new work ║ │ │║ accompanied by a cast of very careful ôgenre monstersö: ║ │ │║ Ronnie Romero (RAINBOW, LORDS OF BLACK, THE FERRYMEN) on ║ │ │║ vocals, Rudi Sarzo (OZZY, WHITESNAKE) on bass and Brian ║ │ │║ Tichy (OZZY, FOREIGNER) to the battery, almost nothing ║ │ │║ friends. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Vandenberg since his beginnings under his surname, has been ║ │ │║ through WHITESNAKE on several occasions, as a substitute ║ │ │║ for John Sykes (bad tongues say that Coverdale felt his ║ │ │║ alpha male ego threatened) after the 1987 masterpiece, in ║ │ │║ the colossal Slip Of The Tongue of the 1989, the less ║ │ │║ fanciful Restless Heart from 1997, plus the acoustic ║ │ │║ Starkers In Tokyo from 1998. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ He formed the outsized MANIC EDEN in 1994 alongside Rudy ║ │ │║ Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge and initially with James Christian of ║ │ │║ HOUSE OF LORDS on vocals. The drift of life led to this not ║ │ │║ being part of the recording of his only self-titled album ║ │ │║ for the benefit of a simply dazzling Ron Young from LITTLE ║ │ │║ CAESAR. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ A long hiatus until reaching the year 2014, when he ║ │ │║ returned to the music scene with VANDENBERGÆS MOONKINGS and ║ │ │║ a return to the sound that is born in its purest form, Hard ║ │ │║ Rock seventies. In this way we have found him recording two ║ │ │║ studio albums plus an authentically delicious acoustic. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In the middle of 2020 he returns to take the reins of his ║ │ │║ band of the 80s, after a great legacy of three albums that ║ │ │║ not only left a great taste in the mouth at the time, but ║ │ │║ for many became cult records. Of course, the wait was worth ║ │ │║ it: the album that I will begin to analyze next, I loved ║ │ │║ it, a little harder than in the 80s, yes, but how could it ║ │ │║ be otherwise, with a great sound of guitars and a excellent ║ │ │║ production, the Dutchman knows perfectly what he does and ║ │ │║ how he wants to reach us today. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Open the album with Shadows Of The Night, a whole ║ │ │║ declaration of intent, a classic Hard Rock hurricane with ║ │ │║ an anthology riff, very powerful and not leaving out more ║ │ │║ melodic parts and their wonderful harmonies. His chorus is ║ │ │║ outstanding where Romero knows how to handle himself ║ │ │║ wonderfully after giving us a demonstration of vocal ║ │ │║ strength in the verses. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ After the great taste in the mouth left by the song that ║ │ │║ opens the album, we find Freight Train, another song loaded ║ │ │║ with a lot of energy, perhaps with more ôrock and rollö ║ │ │║ touches and a great guitar solo, with a lot of skill and ║ │ │║ mastery, where everything remains finished off by a catchy ║ │ │║ chorus that Ronie Romero shapes in an outstanding way. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ After these first two well-moved songs, Hell And High Water ║ │ │║ continues giving us a reminder of DIO's RAINBOW. It is an ║ │ │║ intense halftime with a thunderous guitar in a repetitive ║ │ │║ riff with notes that will go right into our heads, while ║ │ │║ Romero will remind us of the great elf in his performance ║ │ │║ full of strength and elegance. This masterful vocal ║ │ │║ simulation is helped by a rainbow band branding ║ │ │║ environmental keyboards at the end to put the finishing ║ │ │║ touch to this hymn-like cut. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Let It Rain rolls as a more melodic and charming piece in ║ │ │║ all its facets, reminding us of the VANDENBERGs of the 80s. ║ │ │║ The harmonies of this song overflow so much in the vocal ║ │ │║ part, in which Mr. Romero adds all his passion and, ┐ what ║ │ │║ to say about those brilliant and melodic guitars of maestro ║ │ │║ Vandenberg recovering that sound from its beginnings? Well, ║ │ │║ everything together becomes a brilliant theme. At the ║ │ │║ height of its past myth. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ We continue and we find Ride Like The Wind marked by a ║ │ │║ tremendous and addictive rhythm of the master of ceremonies ║ │ │║ where we find Romero marking the vocal times totally torn, ║ │ │║ thus ending in a once again very catchy chorus. Hook from ║ │ │║ the first listen. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Deep into the album, we realize that it is being a work of ║ │ │║ many carats and in order to maintain the level even more, ║ │ │║ Shout is presented to us, which is nothing more than a ║ │ │║ halftime very online from the 70s, simple and with a rhythm ║ │ │║ and somewhat bloody sound. It will delight all lovers of ║ │ │║ that great sound that brings back so many fond memories to ║ │ │║ that era. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Attentive everyone! Because if the previous theme was ║ │ │║ already a nod to the WHITESNAKE of its first stage, with ║ │ │║ Shitstorm, we have before us the ôbombshellö in the purest ║ │ │║ style of those of Coverdale in its golden stage. From the ║ │ │║ first steps of Romero singing, we recognize perfectly, we ║ │ │║ settle in, because it reassures us where the shots are ║ │ │║ going to go. Surely you will say to yourself: FUCK! It ║ │ │║ seems Coverdale and it is that indeed it is all a ║ │ │║ declaration of intentions of tribute in the way of ║ │ │║ interpreting: that of singing feeling and in those details ║ │ │║ of breathing of the master David. All those nuances ║ │ │║ together with good and wavering guitars culminating with a ║ │ │║ tremendous plucking, it will surely lift you from your seat ║ │ │║ to exclaim: ôTemßzoö with two pairs of balls! Yes, yes, ║ │ │║ don't laugh, you'll see! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ After this rush of adrenaline comes Light Up The Sky, ║ │ │║ another hit with airs to the white snake, but with that ║ │ │║ recognizable Slip Of The Tongue guitar sound. If it even ║ │ │║ seems that I have returned to that wonderful year 1989, ║ │ │║ what memories! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ It could not miss in this new album the classic par ║ │ │║ excellence of Mr. VANDENBERG, his mythical ballad Burning ║ │ │║ Heart, where the only thing to object is that it is ║ │ │║ practically a tracing of the original in all its ║ │ │║ parameters, but with that torn and emotionally charged ║ │ │║ touch of Rosemary who will give us goosebumps. Personally, ║ │ │║ its execution has filled me a lot and as it marks all the ║ │ │║ times again in an intense way and with great brightness. ║ │ │║ Note: in the guitar solo we will find some new notes that ║ │ │║ are the small difference that we will find with respect to ║ │ │║ the original. Great version. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ To finish the album, another well-kept track, Skyfall, with ║ │ │║ a melodic and slow start that soon becomes a jet of good ║ │ │║ elegant Hard Rock, with a simple but effective refrain to ║ │ │║ crown this outstanding work by the Dutchman. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In short: Adrian's return in a demonstration of good work, ║ │ │║ with clear ideas, without experiments and with many ║ │ │║ virtues. Much musical level at the compositional service. ║ │ │║ One hundred percent efficiency that is demonstrated in that ║ │ │║ all the songs are good, catchy and without fillers. Echoes ║ │ │║ to the other essential times that the guitarist has gone ║ │ │║ through and, without a doubt, have reinforced his ║ │ │║ projection to edit what is going to be one of the most ║ │ │║ important recordings of this sad year 2020 that will always ║ │ │║ be remembered for this damn pandemic. Now we can add good ║ │ │║ news and it is this great pearl of incunabula value under ║ │ │║ the name of a musician always longed for, VANDENBERG. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 1. Shadows Of The Night 3:39 │ │ 2. Freight Train 3:45 │ │ 3. Hell And High Water 4:52 │ │ 4. Let It Rain 3:35 │ │ 5. Ride Like The Wind 4:03 │ │ 6. Shout 3:40 │ │ 7. Shitstorm 4:37 │ │ 8. Light Up The Sky 3:47 │ │ 9. Burning Heart 2020 4:33 │ │ 10. Skyfall 5:36 │ │ │ │ │ │ Total Length : 00:42:07 │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘