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LAST IN LINE Jericho By Daniel Höhr, European Correspondent Saturday, April 1, 2023 @ 9:41 AM
Now the band's third album Jericho is out and once again LAST IN LINE deliver solid Hard Rock and Heavy Metal music with all the ingredients you're looking for when your musical preferences are deeply rooted in the 1980s. Admittedly, it's hard not to miss Dio on this album. To be fair, Andrew Freeman is an outstanding vocalist with an impressive vocal range and incredibly different kinds of timbre in his voice and taking on vocal duties in a band that is composed of the line-up that recorded some of DIO's greatest music, means stepping into enormous shoes. And Freeman does so with ease. And yet, every now and again, I find myself wondering what this or that part of a song would sound like when sung by Ronnie James Dio. I guess I'm not the only one and this is by no means any point of criticism.
The first thing you notice is the crystal clear and crispy production sound - kudos to engineer Chris Collier. The second thing is the sheer tension that spans from the drum intro to the melodic up-tempo opener "Not Today Satan" to the end of the closing track "House Party At The End Of The World".
There is more to explore on Jericho and it's really worth it. The band's writing skills, their stellar musical performance, the energy of the album make Jericho an outstanding studio effort, which to me is already one of the highlights in 2023.
5.0 Out Of 5.0
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