Huh - starts off with a song named 'Grand Illusion'. You won't be thinking Styx here. Has a nice laid back jam vibe, some Allman Bros. feel. Then a bit of footstompin' Ram Jam on A2. Another nice southern rock solo here. A3 is the mid-side introspective piece, with yet another quality guitar solo. 'Stairway to Heaven' isn't a Zep cover fortunately. The opening riff has a 70s Judas Priest feel to it. And so it goes, subsequent tracks following the guidelines laid out above. Some catalog dealer hyped it like this: "Rare privately issued hardrock blaster; thunderous beat, tortured vocalist, and the ever-present smokin' axework." Umm...noooo. Completely oversells the heaviness. Tortured vocalist? Que? That's not what the band were striving for here. Enjoy what the album gives you which is primarily a straightforward hard rock / southern rock with excellent soulful guitar work.
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