Faith And Fire - Accelerator

Published Jan. 12 2007

*=Staff's pick	Ready* Villanelle Everything Radio Superstar Breathe Faith And Fire Fallen Ashes Avenue Z Accelerator Angel America

Genre	Hard Rock	Tony Moore	Vocals
Tracks	12	Mike Flyntz	Guitar
Runningtime	61 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Metal Heaven	Danny Miranda	Bass
Release	19 Jan. 2007	John Miceli	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Similar artists	Riot, Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow

The backbone of Faith And Fire is Tony Moore and Mike Flyntz, former and current members of Riot. Tony Moore was the man responsible for the outstanding vocals on Riot's masterpiece Thundersteel (1988) as well as on The Privilege Of Power (1990) and these facts work as a rocket launcher for my expectations on this record. Is this really another attempt to reach the fantastic Thundersteel album? Well, the answer I'm afraid is a big NO. Accelerator has nothing to do with the aforementioned album because this is mainly blues based seventies hard rock. The only thing that reminds me of the gold old days of Thundersteel is the vocals and it's a pity that the song writing quality is as poor as it is on Accelerator since Tony still is in fantastic shape.

The album opens quite decent with the groovy and riff based Ready with superb vocals from Mr. Moore and somewhat infectious melodies. The production is fittingly old school yet crystal clear but a bit too dry and without punch if you ask me. Apart from the catchy Villanelle, a song with good potential but gets repetitive in the end, the album lack songs with great hooks and melodies that stick. The compositions often build upon a groovy and bluesy riff but falls flat in time for the chorus. All these things leave me quite disappointed since I was expecting something completely else. Tony Moore is the main attraction here and my dream scenario is him teaming up with a bunch of great song writers next time. That would be a treat for sure!

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	4	5	8	4

Summary
4,5 chalices of 10 - Hawk