Iain Ashley Hersey
The Holy Grail
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The Holy Grail is the second album and debut on Lion Music from American classic hard rock guitarist/composer Iain Ashley Hersey - a follow up to his worldwide acclaimed debut release "Fallen Angel" (Frontiers). The Holy Grail is full of the kind of expressive hard rock that only a handful of artists are able to produce these days. Utilizing four powerful vocalists in Graham Bonnett (Rainbow/ MSG / Alcatrazz), David "Swan" Montgomery (Led ZepAgain), Randy Williams and Carsten "Lizard" Schul, Hersey has managed to bring variety yet consistency in the quality stakes to this album. Fans of expressive guitar work will hear a true original in Iain Ashley Hersey, with super warm Strat tones being his stock in trade. The twelve tracks on The Holy Grail travel through a variety of classic hard rock moods. On the album Iain notes, "My aim was to keep it simple, heavy, bluesy and melodic, as well as with having a strong groove and pocket. I also wanted to have a nice canvas allowing me to be able to let things rip." Just one spin of the album will reveal that Hersey succeeded in his aim. Hard Rock, total running time, 69:11
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er Finne Lars Eric Mattsson wurde bereits 1985 von Gitarren-Guru Mike Varney entdeckt.
Seither hat er diverse Alben veroffentlicht, unter anderem mit „Vision“, kam aber uber
Achtungserfolge nicht hinaus. (Da ich nicht mal „Vision“ kenne, kann es ja nicht mehr gewesen
sein....) „Vision“ jedenfalls , die sich 1993 zwischenzeitlich auflosten, sich aber 1996 wieder
reformierten, scheinen das Hauptbetatigungsfeld des Gitarristen zu sein, der nebenher dennoch
die Zeit fur ein neues Soloalbum fand. Eingespielt als Trio - mit dabei sind noch Sanger Bjorn
Lodin und Drummer Christer Jansson - bietet das Album angenehm altmodischen Hardrock mit
gelegentlichem dezenten progressive Touch. Den Gesang von
Bjorn Lodin mochte ich ausdrucklich als Pluspunkt werten, klingt er doch recht eigenstandig und
nicht wie ein x-beliebiger Rock-Shouter. Ausserdem fallt positiv auf, dass Lars Eric handwerkliche
Perfektion und Produktion betrifft - kommt aber letztlich uber einen Nice To Have - Status nicht
hinaus, weil es als Ganzes einfach zu brav und ohne Hohepunkte bleibt. Egal ob als straighter
Rock-Song oder eher ruhig - kein Titel ist schlecht, aber von Verzuckung kann eben auch keine
Rede sein.
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