Eternal
Life
Things Like That
Music
U Feel
The Rain
Ocean
Castaway
Again
Hunting High And Low
Fading Memory
New Attraction
Anybody Out There?
I Wanna Live
Farewell (To The Campion) [Bonus Track]
Matthias
Schenk - Vocals
Johannes Löhr - Guitars
Oliver Thiergärtner - Keyboards
Steven Wussow - Bass
Achim Thiergärtner - Drums
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| Interview with Matthias Schenk_2007 |
review by
Salvo "Lovedeath" Russo____ 
To get the essence of the heart.
This
album is a precious box for me….A box of emotions….
Three
years ago Shylock realized a true masterpiece of Melodic Power Rock
called “Welcome to Illusion”…An album full of emotions played with
an original sound and a sensitive way, in order to create melodies
enhanced by a very incredible arrangement ..catchy but great in all
senses…
The
band returns after 3 years and the result is about the same…
Maybe
I feel the lack of ballads like “Late Night Show” or “Lose you”
contained in the previous work, ballades that would be able to break the
coldest soul thanks to astonishing crying melodies…but this new album
too gets many heart-attack- songs that are the confirm of an original
band that can be appreciated both by all melodic rock fans and by
those who likes Hard-Rock, and also Him, Negative, ecc…
The
sound gets an incredible easy arrangement valorized by the band, able to
create great structured songs, played in a awesome way!!
Refrains are soaked with much sensitiveness that seems to get the essence of the heart….and even if there are a couple of mediocre ideas, the whole album is a “box of emotions”.
Matthias
Schenk gets a great voice and can express deep sensations in every
interpretation, supported by a band able to give the soul to every song!!!
The dynamics of the song are rendered at the top by a perfect execution
made by every members that gets the soul of every note…
Most
of the songs of this album get all the characteristics to be a rock-hit,
and it’s hard to describe every single song… It’s like a piece of a puzzle that creates a perfect picture…
Ok.
But
I try to describe this travel ….
“Eternal
Life” opens the album…Pure modern-rock with all the characteristics
of old school!!! The melody seems to turn on the lights into this
magic cd….
“Things
like that” is another rock song played with their unmistakable style
that joins a particular melodic rock attitude mixed to an amazing
sensitiveness that evokes a deep mood in every note!!!!
“Music”
keeps on the same direction …and the dream goes on…..
“U
feel “ is an incredible hit characterized by a great rhythmic and by
the usual unmistakable refrain…UNIQUE!!!! I can’t stop
to play this song!!!
The beautiful “The rain” is pure modern-Shylock rock.. This is the right definition!! It’s characterized by Matthias` great voice…what a great voice!!!!
In
“Ocean” is the band shows to give the right importance to electronic
effects to create a better atmosphere!!
“Castaway”
is another hit!!!! The good melody is made through an easy structure
that gets a great refrain!
A
potential single is “Again”…a song characterized by a deep feeling
even if it’s immersed into a rock dream!
A
not very inspired song, in my opinion, is “Hunting High & Low”
that doesn’t find the usual deep approach in the mood, and also
“Fading Memory” is not at the top…
The
album finds again its dream with “New Attraction” that is a Power
ballad that gets an incredible refrain full of sweetness and
determination…what a beautiful song!!!!!
The
album goes on with a couple of valid
songs that are “Anybody out there” and “I wanna live” before
closing with a song dedicated to Thomas Hässler
(ex-footballer and owner of MTM music) called “Farewell to the
Champion”, that is a great aor-anthem full of passion and
characterized by Shylock's great style…
With
my "devotion"….a
great band and a great cd ..
rating: 8,8/10
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