Allen/Lande – The Battle (Release Year – 2005)
The 9th Day of Jorn brings us to the dueling singers of Russell Allen (Symphony X) and Jorn Lande. Last Tribers Magnus Karlsson handles the bass, guitar and keyboards, while his band mate, Jaime Salazar provides the drums.
One word describes The Battle, Brilliant! This CD is full of great melodic rock songs with excellent vocals by both Jorn Lande and Russell Allen.
Another Battle is a very melodic progressive rock anthem. This is the first track where you realize how much Russel Allen’s voice compliments Jorn Lande.
Magnus Karlsson starts the guitar riffs firing quickly on the hard yet melodic Hunter’s Night. Russell Allen handles the vocals on this track.
Wish For A Miracle starts out with a cool progressive heaviness that blends into a purely melodic rocker that is a pure joy to listen to.
Reach A Little Longer is a beautiful solo ballad by Jorn. Come Alive starts off with an awesome metal riff that would make Zakk Wylde proud, and settles into another exceptional melodic track.
Truth About Our Time is an uptempo rocker featuring both, Jorn and Russell on vocals. Jorn Lande sings solo and sounds a lot like Steve Perry on the superb track My Own Way Home. Not to be out done, Russell Allen takes over the lead vocals on the first-rate AOR track Ask You Anyway.
Silent Rage is infectious as hell and Where Have the Angels Goneis another great AOR song in the vein of Journey. Russell Allenshows his impressive range on Whitesnake like rocker, Universe of Light. Forgotten, Ones closes this disc with a pure AOR piano driven track with the excellent dueling vocals of Lande and Allen. What a fitting way to end this disc!
This amazing disc is for all hard rock, Symphony X, Jorn Lande, and Last Tribe fans. Fantatstic vocals, amazing guitar work, and well written melodic songs make The Battle one of the top discs of 2005. You need to buy this!
Here are a couple of track from the Battle. Enjoy!
Silent Rage
Where Have the Angels Gone
Wish For a Miracle
Rating:
Out of 10
Track Listing:
- Another Battle
- Hunter’s Night
- Wish For A Miracle
- Reach A Little Longer
- Come Alive
- Truth About Our Time
- My Own Way Home
- Ask You Anyway
- Silent Rage
- Where Have the Angels Gone
- Universe of Light
- Forgotten, Ones
[...] first disc, The Battle was fantastic, so all of the musicians involved would have to truly raise the bar to surpass that [...]
Allen/Lande - The Revenge (Release Year - 2007) « Hard Rock Hideout said this on June 21, 2007 at 2:10 am |
NEO, c’mon Bro keep up with us. LOL Being the Jorn Fan I am when I first heard that Russell Allen was gonna sing with Jorn I knew it was gonna freaking Rock. I waited patiently (ok NOT) for the first sound bytes. And wasnt dissapointed, although like King I wished it could have been heavier. Its a great CD! My favorites are Another Battle, Hunters Night, Reach A Little Longer, Ask You Anyway, & The Forgotten Ones. I hope the sequel is heavier!!
Whoa…didn’t know there was another one on the way! Awesome KING!!
Great melodic rock album. I would have prefered it to be a little heavier though. Stand out tracks are “Wish for a miracle” “reach a little longer”, “the forgotten ones” and “truth about our time”.I’ve heard the new ALLEN/LANDE album “The Revenge” is gonna be a bit heavier, cool!